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Born Rosetta Olive Barton, Rosetta LeNoire was the goddaughter of famed tap dancer "Bojangles" Bill Robinson. She was in the landmark all-black version of "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles in the 1930s. Former president Bill Clinton presented her with the National Medal of the Arts in 1999. Appeared in the movies Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Brewster's Millions (1985), and the television series Family Matters (1989), in which she played the role of Estelle 'Mother' Winslow.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Born in Oklahoma in 1915, Witney broke into the business in 1933, working at Mascot, the leading producer of low-budget serials. After Mascot and other small companies merged in 1935 to form Republic, Witney graduated to director (at 21, he was Hollywood's youngest). Witney teamed with director John English on many of the era's best serials, most of them highlighted by kinetic fight and chase scenes that helped change the face of action moviemaking. Witney also directed many features and much TV. Retired since the late 1970s, he has authored two books, "In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase" (about his serial directing career) and "Trigger Remembered" (about Roy Rogers' famed movie horse).- Verity Edmett was born on 25 April 1944 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The L-Shaped Room (1962), Catch Hand (1964) and Probation Officer (1959). She died on 17 March 2002 in St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK.
- Rafael del Río was born in 1937 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Casa de vecindad (1964), Preciosa (1965) and La furia del ring (1961). He died on 17 March 2002 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Arthur Altschul Jr. was born on 6 April 1920 in the USA. He was married to Patricia Dey, Stephanie Rosemary Wagner, Siri Von Reo and Diana Landreth Childs. He died on 17 March 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Louis H. Kelly was born on 29 January 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cheap Detective (1978), St. Ives (1976) and Police Story (1973). He died on 17 March 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Joachim Nestler was born on 3 May 1936 in Chemnitz, Germany. He was a writer, known for Aus unserer Zeit (1970), Julia lebt (1963) and Unser stiller Mann (1976). He died on 17 March 2002 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Production Designer
Aleksandr Chernov was born on 6 January 1938 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. He was a production designer, known for Doroga goryashchego furgona (1967), Derevo Dzhamal (1981) and Ozornye bratya (1974). He died on 17 March 2002 in Vitebsk, Belarus.- After finishing school with a high school diploma, she studied psychology and education. From 1935 she worked as a primary school teacher, but forestalled her dismissal by resigning herself because she did not want to be employed by the NSDAP or the Nazi formation. Her first work, entitled "The Glass Rings," was published in 1941. The book got her banned from publishing and jailed. Rinser was arrested in 1944 for high treason and undermining military strength. She was threatened with the death sentence, but the sentence was not carried out because she was freed by the Americans. She wrote down the experiences of that time in her novel "Prison Diary". Rinser became one of the most famous German writers of the post-war period.
From 1945 to 1953 she worked as a freelancer for the "Neue Zeitung" in Munich. The books "Mitte des Leben" and "Daniela" were written during this time. In 1959 she married the composer Carl Orff for the second time, but the marriage only lasted six years. Her first husband died in the war. After her divorce from Orff, she lived for a long time in Rocca di Papa near Rome. She was friends with the composer Isang Yun and the theologian Karl Rahner. "The Perfect Joy" and "I am Tobias" were published in the 1960s. However, she actively intervened in the political and social discussion in Germany, supported Willy Brandt in his election campaign in 1971/72, and demonstrated with the writers Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass and many others against the retrofitting of the Federal Republic of Germany with Pershing missiles.
In the years from 1972, Luise Rinser traveled to the Soviet Union, the USA, Spain, India, Indonesia, South Korea, North Korea several times, Iran, Japan, Colombia and many other countries. She was committed to abolishing the abortion paragraph § 218 in its current form. Rinser also became a sharp critic of the Catholic Church, but did not leave it. She took part in the Second Vatican Council as an accredited journalist. In an open letter she criticized the arson verdict against Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and others and wrote to Ensslin's father: "Gudrun has found a friend for life in me." She became a leading voice of so-called left-wing Catholicism in the Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1977 Luise Rinser was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. In 1984 she was nominated by the Greens for the office of Federal President against Richard von Weizsäcker. Other well-known works appeared such as "Mirjam" (1983), "Stories from the Lion's Den" (1986) and "Abelard's Love" (1991). The last publication was the legend "Brother Donkey".
Luise Rinser died of heart failure on March 18, 2002 in Unterhaching near Munich. - Bill Davis was born on 4 December 1941 in Union, South Carolina, USA. He died on 17 March 2002 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.
- Nils Kellisch was born on 24 July 1984. He was an actor, known for Midnight's Calling (2000), Hunting Creatures (2001) and Kettensägen Zombies (1999). He died on 17 March 2002.
- Director
- Script and Continuity Department
Andrey Anchugov is a Soviet and Russian director and screenwriter.
He was born in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union. In 1985 Anchugov graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Ural State University. In 1993 he graduated from the directing department of VGIK with a degree in Directing Documentary Films. Worked as a script editor in the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting. Then he was a director and editor at the Creative Association of Documentary Films 'Nadezhda' of the Sverdlovsk Film Studio. In 2000-2002 Anchugov taught at the Faculty of Journalism of the Ural State University.- Paul Runyan was born on 12 July 1908 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. He died on 17 March 2002 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
Vlastimila Vlková was born on 8 February 1908 in Prague, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971), Intimate Lighting (1965) and Cas sluhu (1989). She died on 17 March 2002 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Christian Graf von Krockow was born on 26 May 1927 in Rumsko, Pomorskie, Poland. He died on 17 March 2002 in Hamburg, Germany.