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- James Tiptree, Jr., was the pseudonym used by Alice Sheldon. Born Alice Bradly in 1915, she travelled extensively around the world with her parents (a travel writer and an explorer). She married in 1934, but was divorced in 1941. At the start of WWII, she joined the Army, and was later assigned to Army Air Force Intelligence. She was to remain involved with US Intelligence for most of her life.
In 1945 she met and married Huntingdon Sheldon, a fellow member of the AAFI. After the end of the 2nd World War, they moved to Virginia, where they were both involved with the then-fledgling Central Intelligence Agency. Alice left the CIA in 1956, and enrolled in George Washington University. She received her doctorate in experimental psychology in 1967.
After completing her degree, Sheldon found herself at a loss as to what to do. She'd long been interested in writing science fiction, but never had the time. Because of her ties to the US intelligence division, she knew she could not write using her real name. She came up with her famous pen name after seeing the name Tiptree on a jar of marmalade.
Sheldon/Tiptree burst onto the SF scene with the story "Birth of a Salesman." She was quite prolific for several years, and her stories were widely praised. Many of her works explored the confusion of gender roles and other sexual issues. Her short story, "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" won the 1973 Hugo Award for best short story.
In her later years, Sheldon suffered many illnesses, and spent most of her time caring for her ailing husband. In 1987, she killed her husband, and then took her own life. In 1991, the James Tiptree, Jr. award was founded. This award is given for excellence in exploring gender roles in science fiction and fantasy fiction. - Producer
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Frank Telford was born on 2 February 1915 in Iowa, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Gemini Man (1976), The Stranger (1954) and Joe Forrester (1975). He died on 19 May 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Raúl Kamffer was born on 16 April 1929 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a director and writer, known for Ora sí tenemos que ganar (1981), Parto solar 5 (1979) and Mictlan o la casa de los que ya no son (1969). He died on 19 May 1987 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Stanislaw Szukalski was born in Warta, Poland on December 13, 1893. When he was only six years old, a teacher sent him to the headmaster's office for whittling a pencil. The headmaster examined the pencil more closely and discovered that young Stanislav had carved a tiny, near-perfect figure. Instead of punishing him, he called the local newspaper which did a feature on the art prodigy.
Szukalski came to the United States and lived in Chicago when he was in his teens. He became a member of the Chicago renaissance luminaries along with Ben Hecht, Carl Sandburg and Clarence Darrow. Two large monographs were published during those years, The Work of Szukalski (Covici-McGee, 1923) and Projects in Design (University of Chicago Press, 1929).
In the 1930's, as a celebrated prodigal son to be given his own museum by the Polish government, Szukalski returned to Poland with all his belongings, but his work was cut short by the Siege of Warsaw in 1939. He managed to escape to America to live in California with his wife, Joan Donovan, but his entire life's work was lost, either bombed or stolen during the War. Now living in total obscurity, he spent the rest of his life obsessively writing and creating art meant to prove a theory that all human culture derived from a single origin on Easter Island after the biblical Deluge of Noah.
In 1971 his work and existence were rediscovered by Glenn Bray, who became his patron and who later issued two other publications, Troughful of Pearls (Bray/Zwalve, 1980) and Inner Portraits (Bray/Zwalve, 1982). Szukalski died in Burbank, California on May 19th, 1987. A year later his and his wife's ashes were scattered at Rano Raraku, the sculptors' quarry on Easter Island by his close friends, some of them fellow artists, Glenn Bray and Lena Zwalve, Robert and Suzanne Williams, and Rick Griffin and Camille Houston. All of Szukalski's work is now being preserved by Archives Szukalski.
In 2018, Leonardo DiCaprio, together with Polish director Irek Dobrowolski and producer Ania Dobrowolska, produced a documentary entitled "Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski", which was released on Netflix as of December 21, 2018. - Miroslav Berka was born on 22 October 1944 in Praha, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Flám (1966), Olympic in Paris (1969) and Big beat ve fraku (1966). He died on 19 May 1987 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Lionel Van Praag was born on 17 December 1908 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Money for Speed (1933). He died on 19 May 1987 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- Poul Rahbek was born on 19 February 1911 in Randers, Denmark. He was an actor, known for De 5 i fedtefadet (1970). He died on 19 May 1987.