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- Svend Bille was born on 15 July 1890 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Week-end (1935), 7-9-13 (1934) and Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig (1941). He died on 5 April 1973 in Denmark.
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He was born in a well-off family with two older sisters. His father was a wholesaler. During his childhood he spent the summers on a farm outside Tranås, Småland. One summer, 1923, he bought a cat without tail, something which later inspired him to write his novels for children, 'Pelle Svanslös'. He was never interested in making pranks like other small boys, but preferred to read, something his sister taught him at the age of 4. After conscription he began university studies in Uppsala and studied greek, latin and ancient cultures. But he spent the most of his time at the Stockholm Fraternity, which in time made him president of the Student's League as well as editor of the student's newspaper. He became the Uppsala correspondent for Sveriges Radio, Sweden's state-ruled radio corporation. As a radio journalist he introduced the quiz show to Sweden. He was also making a radio program for children and introduced Peter No-Tail, the cat with no tail. It became an immediate success the first novel was published 1939. He totally wrote 12 novels about this cat. The novels made him rich and he and his wife could live in a ten-room-house in Uppsala, as well as a summer-house in Denmark.- Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova was born on February 6, 1898, in Kiev, Russian Empire, into an aristocratic family. Her father, named Konstantin Tarasov, was a military doctor in Kiev. Tarasova's sister was married to Russian Prince Svyatopolk-Mirsky. From 1910-1914 Young Tarasova studied at the Private Gymnasium of Titarenko on Fundukleevskaya street in Kiev. She was fond of theatre and attended the performances of Moscow Art Theatre on tour in Kiev. In 1914 she moved to Moscow and took acting class with Nikolai Massalitinov at the Acting School of Moscow Art Theatre.
In 1916 Tarasova became a permanent member of the 2nd company of the Moscow Art Theatre. At the age of 18, she shot to fame with a leading role of Finochka in "Zelenoe Koltso", a play by Zinaida Gippius. She married Alexei Kuzmin, who fought in the Russian Civil War in the White Army and then emigrated from Russia. During the 1922 tour with Moscow Art Theatre in New York, Tarasova defected and joined her husband. She tried an acting career on Broadway, but failed because of her poor English. She worked as a waitress at her husband's café and was not planning to go back to Russia. At the end of 1924 Tarasova was convinced to go back by the letter from Stanislavsky, who insisted on her return to Moscow Art Theatre. She returned to Moscow, but had no serious roles for a few years. In 1931 she married the leading actor Ivan Moskvin and her career took off again. Tarasova became the undisputed leading actress of the Moscow Art Theatre under directors Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. She made her best stage works in classical plays of Maxim Gorky and Anton Chekhov that were staged by director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko during the 1930's. Her most resounding success was a title role in staging of "Anna Karenina" in 1937. The same theatrical production was recorded on film in 1953, when Tarasova and her partners were much older than at the time of their legendary premiere.
Tarasova was received with mixed reviews by the Russian intellectuals émigrés during her international tours. At the same time she was the favorite actress of Joseph Stalin, who frequently attended her performances at the Moscow Art Theatre. Tarasova was made the "first official actress" of the Soviet Union. In 1937 she became the first actress to be designated the People's Artist of the Soviet Union. She was five times awarded the State Stalin's Prize, in 1941, 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949. She received numerous awards and decorations and was also twice awarded the Order of Lenin and was made the Hero of Socialist Labor. However, her film career was limited to only a few roles, mainly in the films of director 'Vladimir Petrov' (I). She died on April 5, 1973, in Moscow. Tarasova left a peculiar will about her burial arrangements: instead of being buried at the prestigious Novodevichy Cemetery, she was laid to rest next to her mother at the Vvedenskoe Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Additional Crew
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Herbert Graf was born on 10 April 1904 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director, known for Opera Television Theatre (1950), The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) and Producers' Showcase (1954). He died on 5 April 1973 in Geneva, Switzerland.- Clara Blore was born on 19 June 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Swing, Sister, Swing (1938) and Sunk by the Census (1940). She was married to Eric Blore. She died on 5 April 1973 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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Roy Ponting was born on 6 January 1918 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He is known for The Italian Job (1969), Creatures the World Forgot (1971) and And Soon the Darkness (1970). He died on 5 April 1973 in Richmond, London, England, UK.- David Murray was born on 28 December 1909 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He died on 5 April 1973 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.