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- Kathryn Adams was born on 15 July 1920 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Blonde for a Day (1946), Saboteur (1942) and Fifth Avenue Girl (1939). She was married to Fred Owen Doty and Hugh Beaumont. She died on 14 October 2016 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jean Margaret Hodgkinson, known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to British television viewers as Hilda Ogden in the soap opera Coronation Street (1960), a role she played from 1964 until 1987, and also as Auntie Wainwright in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine from 1988 to 2010. For her role in Coronation Street (1960), she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress.
Alexander was born at 18 Rhiwlas Street Toxteth, Liverpool, in 1926, to Nell and Archie Hodgkinson; her father worked as an electrician and the family lived in a terraced house with no indoor lavatory. Alexander had an elder brother, Kenneth. She aspired to become an actress from an early age, and later said that she was inspired by variety acts she saw at the Pavilion theatre in her home city. She attended St Edmund's College for Girls in Princes Park, Toxteth and as a teenager, she joined an amateur theatre group and took elocution lessons.
Alexander spent five years as a library assistant in Liverpool before she began her acting career in 1949 at the Adelphi Guild Theatre in Macclesfield. She first appeared as Florrie in Sheppey by Somerset Maugham. She later worked in rep in Oldham, Stockport and York. Most of her parts were minor, and she also worked as a wardrobe mistress and stage manager. Her television debut is variously given as in the police series Z-Cars or in Deadline Midnight.
Alexander first appeared in Coronation Street in 1962 in a minor role as a landlady. Two years later, she returned to the programme as Hilda Ogden. She started playing the role on 8 July 1964, finally leaving on 25 December 1987. Ogden became highly popular with viewers and Alexander was often identified with her character.
The British League for Hilda Ogden was established in 1979 by Sir John Betjeman, Willis Hall, Russell Harty, Laurence Olivier and Michael Parkinson, among others. In 1984, hundreds of fans sent her condolence cards after the death of her on-screen husband Stan Ogden, played by Bernard Youens, who had died a few months before his character was killed off. In 1985 she received the Royal Television Society Award for her performance on Coronation Street. When she decided to leave the show in 1987, fans started "Save Hilda!" campaigns; however, many did not realise that she had made her own decision to depart. Her final scenes in the programme were aired on 25 December 1987, attracting nearly 27 million viewers, the highest number in the show's history.
In 2005 the UK TV Times poll voted her as the "Greatest Soap Opera Star of All Time".- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Pierre Étaix was born on 23 November 1928 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Le Grand Amour (1969), As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) and Yoyo (1965). He was married to Odile Crepin, Annie Fratellini and Denise bernard. He died on 14 October 2016 in Paris, France.- Orival Pessini was born on 6 August 1944 in Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and actor, known for Fofão, a Nave sem Rumo (1988), Balão Mágico (1983) and O Guarani (1979). He died on 14 October 2016 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Deniz Tanyeli was born in 1939. She was an actress, known for Berdus (1957), Gülmeyen yüzler (1955) and Yayla güzeli Gül Ayse (1956). She was married to Memduh Yükman. She died on 14 October 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Editor
- Sound Department
- Production Manager
Jim Faris was born on 8 January 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an editor and production manager, known for Family (1976), Lawman (1958) and Taps (1981). He was married to Paula Forbes. He died on 14 October 2016 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Ümit Utku was born on 5 January 1929 in Mardin, Turkey. He was a producer and director, known for Yaniklar köyü (1958), Ask bekliyor (1962) and Erenlerin dügünü (1963). He died on 14 October 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Beatriz Día Quiroga was born on 19 October 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Alta comedia (1965), Marco, el candidato (1994) and El pulpo negro (1985). She died on 14 October 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Jim Giovanni was an actor, known for Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), The Best of Times (1986) and Laugh-In (1977). He died on 14 October 2016 in the USA.
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Tracy Sloat was an actress and director, known for Still There (2002), Article 99 (1992) and Cross Fire (1989). She died on 14 October 2016 in Wichita, Kansas, USA.- Script and Continuity Department
- Editor
- Director
Mireille Abramovici was born on 29 May 1944 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. She was an editor and director, known for N'tturudu (1986), Les oiseaux de Meiji Jingu (1974) and Between Us Two... Beirut (1993). She died on 14 October 2016 in Paris, France.- Don Raymond was born on 23 September 1939 in St. Albans, Vermont, USA. He was an actor, known for The Perfect Arrangement (1971), Just Can't Get Enough (2002) and Boxing's Been Good to Me (2000). He was married to Juanita. He died on 14 October 2016.
- Svetlana Ustinenko was born on 4 July 1967. She died on 14 October 2016 in Moscow, Russia.
- Make-Up Department
Dinny Petersen was born on 18 October 1938 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dinny is known for Cirkus Buster (1961), Tro, håb og trolddom (1960) and Mine tossede drenge (1961). Dinny died on 14 October 2016.- Additional Crew
Gunther Schiff was born on 19 August 1927 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is known for Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991). He died on 14 October 2016 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- K. Premsinh Varma is a natural history film Director, although he has also been credited as a producer, cameraman and scriptwriter. He was pulled into the film industry at a very young age when movies were still made in Black and White. He has the distinction of becoming one of the youngest directors in the country and was even recognized for his efforts at the time by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat.-
Besides Direction, he also has immense knowledge on Photography - both still and motion. For few of his movies, he has been credited under Cameraman and Script-writing too.
His passion towards India's natural history - its flora and fauna, and his keen desire to protect our wildlife made him churn out several short movies for the masses, educating them about the richness of our natural history and the urgent need to protect them. Most of his films have earned him accolades, including several national and international awards.
His last film was released in 1985. Today, K. Premsinh Varma is retired and fighting a lost cause against the Government of India in the courts. Most of his life's work can be found within the movie archives of the Films Division of India, Mumbai. - Writer
Ed Gorman was born on 2 November 1941 in the USA. He was a writer, known for Another Man, The Poker Club (2008) and The Long Silence After (2009). He was married to Carol Gorman and Catherine Anne Stevens. He died on 14 October 2016 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.- Thom Jones was born in 1945 in Illinois, USA. He died on 14 October 2016 in Olympia, Washington, USA.
- Diego Bonadeo was born on 1 February 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 14 October 2016 in La Lucila, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Duska Sifnios was born on 15 October 1934 in Skopje, Macedonia. She was an actress, known for Lepeza (1974), Die blaue Donau (1962) and Der Zauberladen (La boutique fantasque) (1960). She was married to André Vandernoot. She died on 14 October 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Barbara DeVorzan was born on 30 January 1935 in Palm Springs, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Madame (2012). She died on 14 October 2016 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Director
- Actor
Ali Al Ansari was born on 19 June 1944 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was a director and actor, known for Burj al Akrab (1998) and Al Qadisiyya (1981). He died on 14 October 2016 in Baghdad, Iraq.