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- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stuntman and actor Bobby Bass was born on August 6, 1936 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Bobby not only was a Judo champion with a third degree black belt, but also was a paratrooper, Green Beret, and a Special Forces instructor in the military prior to being introduced to the stunt business by fellow stuntman and actor Gene LeBell in the mid-1960's. Outside of his extensive work as a stuntman, Bass also taught such people as Mel Gibson, Burt Reynolds, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Michael Douglas, and Kathleen Turner how to either fight and/or handle weapons (Bass helped popularize the use of the head butt in barroom fights). In addition, Bobby became a staunch advocate of safer working conditions in the stunt industry after stuntwoman and then girlfriend Heidi Von Beltz was paralyzed from the neck down in the wake of an automobile stunt going disastrously awry during the shooting of The Cannonball Run (1981) as well as the tragic helicopter accident that claimed the lives of Vic Morrow and two child actors that occurred during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). Bass died at age 65 from Parkinson's disease on November 7, 2001.- Dorothy Acueza Jones was born Jan 6 1936, the only child of Inocencia Acueza and American national John William Jones II. She finished high school at the Adamson University and took up Pre-law at the University of Sto Tomas (UST). She has a daughter, Kay Torres, by estranged husband Victorino Torres. Blanca was only 13 when she joined an amateur singing contest in Manila. Film star Delia Razon brought her to LVN matriarch Doña Sisang (Narcisa de Leon), who immediately cast her in Reyna Elena (1951). This was followed by Amor mio (1951), her first film appearance opposite Nestor de Villa, costarring Armando Goyena. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films, in various genres, but mostly with de Villa as a romantic and dancing partner. See Tumbalik na Daigdig (1953), Hijo de familia (1953), Waray-Waray (1954), the film which popularized her tomboyish, knife-wielding, man-battling persona; Ikaw Kasi (1955), Talusaling (1955), Darling Ko (1955), Ganyan Ka Pala (1956), Handang Matodas (1956), Bahala Na (1956), Turista (1957) and Tingnan Natin (1957). Still perpetuating her image as a tomboyish but lovable screwball, she also made Galawgaw (1956) opposite Jaime de la Rosa, who had earlier played leading man to her knife-wielding gamin in Batangueña (1953). Ms Blanca early on in her durable career could easily switch from screwball comedy to drama, as in Babaing Hampas-Lupa (1952), Rosalina (1957) and Limang Dalangin (1958). When LVN Studios stopped producing, Ms Blanca free-lanced, proving her mettle in a variety of films such as Shake, Baby, Shake (1966), Pag-Ibig, Masdan ang Ginawa Mo (1969), Forgive and Forget (1982), in which her popular love team with Nestor de Villa had a comeback, and My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1982), among many others. All in all, Ms Blanca made some 50 films with the dashing de Villa. Television proved to be very viable for Ms Blanca too. The "Nida-Nestor Show" and "John 'en' Marsha" became two of the longest-running sitcoms on Filipino television. In Fifty-Carats, O Di Ba? (1993), she shared top-billing with veterans Gloria Romero and the late Charito Solis. She also appeared in the television soap Mana-Mana. Ms Blanca has won 16 awards for her film work. She won the very first Best Supporting Actress award from the Film Academy of Movie Arts & Sciences (FAMAS) for her role as a tragic Korean woman, Lee Ming, who falls in love with Filipino soldier Boni Serrano in the film Korea (1952). She also won the best supporting actress award at the Metro Manila Film Festival for Batu-Bato Sa Langit (1975); Best Actress awards simultaneously from Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), Gawad Urian Awards and Catholic Mass Media Awards for Miguelito, Ang Batang Rebelde (1985); Best Supporting Actress awards from FAP and FAMAS for Magdusa Ka (1986); and Best Supporting Actress awards from FAP, FAMAS and CMMA for Kid, Huwag Kang Susuko (1987). She was also twice winner of the Citizens' Award for Television (CAT) for Best Female TV Performer for the Nida-Nestor Show; and three-time winner of the Pambansang Akademya ng Telebisyon sa Agham at Sining (PATAS) award in 1975, 1976 and 1978, as Most Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, for John 'en' Marsha. In 1997, she won Best Supporting Actress for Babae (1997), from the FAP and the Metro Manila Film Festival. Two years later, still proving her timeless mettle, she won Best Actress at the FAMAS ceremonies for her work in Sana, Pag-Ibig Na (1998). She was top-billed for this film-- no mean feat, considering she was 62 years old. In 2000 and 2002, the Gawad Urian Awards and the FAP, respectively, honored her with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms Blanca was horrendously murdered in a parking lot in November 7, 2001. Her gruesome murder remains unsolved to this day.
- Actress
Delia Garcés was born on 13 October 1919 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for El (1953), Casa de muñecas (1943) and El gran amor de Bécquer (1946). She was married to Alberto de Zavalía. She died on 7 November 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Bob started out as a DJ as well as a radio show producer at CJOR Vancouver in the late 1970s. He worked weekend mornings at country music station CJJC Langley 1977-78.
He was perhaps best known as the distinctive voice of Santa Claus on the Rafe Mair show, which ran on CKNW Vancouver, where he took calls from the children at Christmas for many years.
Bob was the promotions manager at CKXY Radio Vancouver in the late 1980s.
He appeared in many of the Hollywood North produced TV series of the day, such as X-Files, Millenium, Stargate, Cold Squad and Call of the Wild.
Bob passed away in Vancouver November 7, 2001 at age 43 - Actress
- Director
- Soundtrack
Sachiko Hidari was born on 29 June 1930 in Toyama, Japan. She was an actress and director, known for The Insect Woman (1963), She and He (1963) and A Fugitive from the Past (1965). She was married to Susumu Hani. She died on 7 November 2001 in National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan.- Bertus Botterman was born on 18 October 1910 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Medisch Centrum West (1988) and De fabriek (1981). He died on 7 November 2001 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Writer
- Director
Ivan Kiasashvili was born on 4 November 1946 in Norilsk, Krasnoyarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer and director, known for Damy priglashayut kavalerov (1981), Poputchik (1987) and Casus belli (2003). He died on 7 November 2001.- Actor
Tore Holmström was born on 12 March 1917 in Jörn, Västerbottens län, Sweden. He was an actor. He died on 7 November 2001.- Charles Pugsley was born on 2 November 1933. He died on 7 November 2001.
- Costume Designer
Aleksei Grekov was born in 1963. He was a costume designer, known for 24 chasa (2000). He died on 7 November 2001.