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Tony Randall was born on February 26, 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma as Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg. He attended Tulsa Central High School and later Northwestern University and New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. After graduating, he starred in two plays: George Bernard Shaw's 'Candida' alongside Jane Cowl and Emlyn Williams' 'The Corn Is Green' alongside Ethel Barrymore. After four years with the United States Army Signal Corps in World War II, Randall found work at Montgomery County's Olney Theatre before heading back to New York City to continue his acting career.
During the 1940s, Randall appeared mostly in supporting roles in Broadway plays. He was given his first leading role in 1955 with 'Inherit the Wind'. Randall managed to nab a Tony Award nomination for his starring role in 1958's 'Oh, Captain!', although the play itself bombed.
His first role in a feature film came about in 1957, playing a supporting character in the Ginger Rogers vehicle Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957). The same year, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as the titular writer for television advertising in the satirical comedy Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). Randall also lent his support to the three famous Doris Day-Rock Hudson pairings Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1961), and Send Me No Flowers (1964), securing Golden Globe nominations for the former two. Randall worked quite prolifically throughout the 1960s; notable roles include a public relations employee in the Marilyn Monroe romantic musical Let's Make Love (1960), seven quite different characters in the oddball 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), iconic detective Hercule Poirot in The Alphabet Murders (1965), an architect who inadvertently releases a djinn in the fantasy The Brass Bottle (1964), and a man who lives in an underwater house with his family in the adventure Hello Down There (1969).
Randall's first major television role was as a history teacher on Mister Peepers (1952); he joined the cast in 1955. After the series ended, he had numerous guest spots on such shows as The United States Steel Hour (1953), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Love, American Style (1969), and Here's Lucy (1968). He wouldn't return to TV in a major role until 1970, when he played sardonic neat freak Felix Unger in ABC's The Odd Couple (1970) opposite Jack Klugman. He earned Emmy nominations for each season, finally winning in 1975 for its last. He later starred in The Tony Randall Show (1976) as a Philadelphia judge, and Love, Sidney (1981) as a gay artist. The former earned him one Golden Globe nomination and the latter earned him two. He reunited with Jack Klugman for the 1993 TV movie The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993).
Both during and after his stints on TV, Randall had small roles in a few well-known films such as Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), The King of Comedy (1982), My Little Pony: The Movie (1986), and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). He continued to guest-star on television shows, but would never return to the small screen as a leading man. He also continued to work on-stage, albeit infrequently.
Randall passed away in his sleep on May 17, 2004 of pneumonia he had contracted following coronary bypass surgery in December 2003. He is survived by his wife, Heather Harlan, whom he wed in 1995, and their two children. Randall had previously been married to Florence Gibbs from 1938 until her death in 1992.- Cathy Rosier was born on 2 January 1945 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies. She was an actress, known for The Samurai (1967), Le dernier saut (1970) and Chap'la (1980). She was married to Norbert Lemoine, Gérard Foussier and Georges Rosier. She died on 17 May 2004 in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Ruggero Romor was born on 6 June 1927 in Italy. He was an actor, known for One Step Beyond (1959), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He died on 17 May 2004 in New York, New York, USA.
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Member of Danish resistance during WW II, arrested twice. Fled to Sweden, where he lived his last forty years in the forest at a place called Drakabygget, outside Örkelljunga, 50 km northeast of Helsingborg in the south of Sweden.
Well-known multi-artist, infamous for his happenings and the amount of artists from all over who lived at Drakabygget from time to time.
Married to Liz Zwick. Father of Cecilia Zwick-Nash and five more children from three different marriages.
Brother of Asger Jorn. Changed his name early on in order to set him free from his more famous brother.
Died peacefully at home.- Actor
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Gunnar Graps was born on 27 November 1951. He was an actor and composer, known for Pulmapilt (1981), Tam, gde nas net (1986) and Soolo (1979). He died on 17 May 2004 in Tallinn, Estonia.- Karl Kuhn was born on 20 January 1923 in Germany. He died on 17 May 2004 in Germany.
- Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was born on 24 February 1907 in Aliwal North, South Africa. She died on 17 May 2004 in East London, South Africa.
- Olga Levitskaya was born on 16 February 1951 in Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Bryunetka za 30 kopeek (1991) and Ukhodya - ukhodi (1979). She died on 17 May 2004.
- Kamila Tyabji was born on 14 February 1924 in Bombay, Bombay Province, India. She was a writer, known for Asian Club (1953). She died on 17 May 2004 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.