Monday, January 27, 2014

Carlo Mazzacurati

Director -- via Variety.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Actor -- via the Hindu.

Fred Bertelmann

Singer and actor -- via merkur-online.de.

Elisa Jayne

Contortionist -- via the Miami Herald. Thanks to "The Real" Steve Miller at WSJ for this tip!

Chet Curtis

Broadcaster -- via the New York Times. With his wife (and then ex-wife) Natalie Jacobson, a fixture in Boston TV at WCVB Channel 5 newscasts --






Saturday, January 25, 2014

Michael Sporn

Animator -- via the L.A. Times. Noted for his adaptations.

Flavio Testi

Composer -- via giornaledellamusica.it.




Jim Jacks

Film producer -- via Variety. Worked on such great films as "Dazed and Confused," "A Simple Plan," "Raising Arizona," and "Tombstone"; revived the "Mummy " franchise as well.

Jerome Willis

Actor -- via Doctor Who Online.

Hal Sutherland

Animator -- via startrek.com.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Ruth Ducinni

Actress; last of the living female Munchkins from "the Wizard of Oz" -- via the L.A. Times.

Sarah Marshall

Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Was in two significant sci-fi TV episodes -- "Star Trek"'s "the Deadly Years," and the "Little Girl Lost" episode of "the Twilight Zone," the latter of which was a great influence on the original "Poltergeist" film.



http://www.hulu.com/watch/283846

Maciej Dunal

Actor and singer -- via kultura.trojmiasto.pl.


Paul du Toit

Artist -- via remembered.co.za.

Mihai Fotino

Actor -- via antena3.ro.