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- A beautiful auburn-haired lass with blue/grey eyes, Andra Martin was born Sandra Hildur Rehn (pronounced 'Wren') in Rockford, Illinois, of Swedish ancestry. She grew up on her parent's farm, attended high school in her home town and harboured dreams of becoming a star. Andra's first step on that projected career path was to spend two years studying speech and drama at Northwestern University. Her next stop was New York where she finagled her first job as a model while continuing part-time acting studies under the personal tutelage of Lee Strasberg. Strasberg was suitably impressed, considered her 'a natural' and recommended her to Joshua Logan to screen test for the female lead in Sayonara (1957) (opposite Marlon Brando). Alas, that fell through as did another audition at Warner Brothers for the part in Marjorie Morningstar (1958) which had already been earmarked for Natalie Wood. Universal-International eventually took up the option and signed the budding starlet under contract.The publicity machine went rapidly into top gear, comparing Andra to Hollywood's biggest and brightest, a melding of the attributes of Elizabeth Taylor and Betty Grable with the brains of a Katharine Hepburn. Sadly, her subsequent casting would tend to emphasize her beauty rather than her talent.
Andra only appeared in three pictures for Universal, none of them particularly good. The first was a second lead in a so-so romantic drama (The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)) as the 'other woman', competing with Lana Turner for the affections of Jeff Chandler. Her character, a pilot, gets killed towards the end. Her other outing was a second-billed role in The Big Beat (1958), a youth-oriented musical which featured no less than fifteen musical numbers. Unsurprisingly, with just 81 minutes of screen time, there was little room for the semblance of a plot (or acting, for that matter). Number three was one of Universal's quota quickies, a lame horror film (The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)) which cast Andra as a water diviner with telepathic abilities (!). She also made a few of films under contract to Warners, notably the submarine drama Up Periscope (1959) (as the perfunctory female lead) and the Clint Walker western Yellowstone Kelly (1959) (as the love interest, a captive Arapaho girl). By the end of the 50s, the newly minted Deb Star was earning $200 per week.
While her movie career was going nowhere, Andra managed quite well in securing spots as featured leading lady on many popular TV shows on the Warners roster, including Bronco (1958), Cheyenne (1955), 77 Sunset Strip (1958), The Alaskans (1959), Bourbon Street Beat (1959) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). In August 1958, she married Bronco star Ty Hardin (over the objections of their respective managers and Warner Brothers TV execs, who argued that such a union would ruin their romantic appeal to the public). The marriage ended in divorce in 1962. Andra left the film business following her second marriage to a department store heir which lasted six years. A third marriage, however, endured from 1970 until Andra's passing on May 3 2022 at the age of 86. - Actor
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Hiroyuki Watanabe was born on 9 December 1955 in Mito, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for Everly (2014) and In Full Bloom (2019). He was married to Hideko Hara. He died on 3 May 2022 in Kanagawa, Japan.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Lino Capolicchio was born on 21 August 1943 in Merano, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Pugili (1995), Escalation (1968) and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). He died on 3 May 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Make-Up Department
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Carrie White was born on 25 August 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is known for Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Coma (1978) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). She was married to Richard Alcala, Frederic White and Jordan Schwartz. She died on 3 May 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Additional Crew
- Actress
Fran Boyd was born on 15 October 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for The Wire (2002), The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986) and The Corner (2000). She was married to Larry Andrews. She died on 3 May 2022 in Parkville, Maryland, USA.- Bobby O'Jay was born in 1953 in Batesville, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Kim and Sharon Jones. He died on 3 May 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
- Wolfgang Hartmann was born on 22 March 1947. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Traffik (1989) and Stahlnetz (1958). He died on 3 May 2022.
- Véronique Barrault was born on 13 February 1958 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Elle voit des nains partout... (1995), Mon bel amour, ma déchirure (1987) and Three Sisters (1988). She died on 3 May 2022 in Camblanes-et-Meynac, Gironde, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Ulrich Weiß was born on 2 April 1942 in Wernigerode, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Dein unbekannter Bruder (1982), Tambari (1977) and Olle Henry (1983). He died on 3 May 2022 in Ferch, Brandenburg, Germany.- Rick Stokes was born on 27 February 1935 in Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Word Is Out (1977), Cured (2020) and Word Is Out: Then and Now, Thirty Years Later (2007). He was married to Alex Kiforenko. He died on 3 May 2022 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Actress
- Music Department
Mieke Wijaya was born on 17 March 1940 in Bandoeng, Preanger, Dutch East Indies [now Bandung, West Java, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Tiga Dara (1956), Gadis diseberang djalan (1960) and Kembang semusim (1980). She was married to Dicky Zulkarnaen. She died on 3 May 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia.- Norman Mineta was born on 12 November 1931 in San Jose, California. He was married to Danealia 'Deni' Brantner and May Hinoki. He died on 3 May 2022 in Edgewater, Maryland, USA.
- Stanislav Shushkevich was born on 15 December 1934 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was married to Irina. He died on 3 May 2022 in Minsk, Belarus.
- Tony Brooks was born on 25 February 1932 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He was married to Pina Resegotti. He died on 3 May 2022 in the UK.
- Meda Mládková was born on 8 September 1919 in Zákupy, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She died on 3 May 2022 in the Czech Republic.
- Klaus Hirche was born on 7 June 1939 in Weisswasser, Germany. He was an actor, known for Rund um die Liebe (1993). He died on 3 May 2022 in Saxony, Germany.
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- Stunts
Wilson Karunaratne was an actor, known for Parapura (2014), Ko Hathuro (1988) and Ninja Sri Lanka (1997). He died on 3 May 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.- Igor Mitreanu was born on 19 December 1966. He was an actor, known for Eastern Business (2016), Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (2012) and Sasa, Grisa si Ion (2006). He died on 3 May 2022.
- Luca Boschi was born in 1956 in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director, known for Sui sentieri di libertá (2011), Noi, Zagor (2013) and Avversati dalla sorte (2023). He died on 3 May 2022 in Italy.
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Wellington Fiuza is known for iMordecai (2022). He died on 3 May 2022.- Fritz Mosshammer was born in 1954 in Lofer, Salzburg, Austria. He was a composer, known for Universum (1987) and Alpha Forum (1998). He died on 3 May 2022 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.