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With a career that began in her early childhood, Anita Mui is the queen of Hong Kong's pop-music industry. After she won a singing contest in 1982, her life in the limelight began. In the early stages of her career her image was a little bit tomboy-ish and sexy (which was the reason she was called the "Madonna of Hong Kong"), and some of her songs were considered too risqué, with one of them, "Bad Girl", actually being banned from airplay due to its suggestive content. She started her acting career at about the same time, often starring with Anthony Chan, including Huai nu hai (1986) and One Husband Too Many (1988). Other acting partners included Jackie Chan and Leslie Cheung. Both her singing and acting careers were a success. She won an enormous number of "Best Female Singer" and "Most Popular Female Singer" awards in the 1980s, and her acting career's climax was winning "Best Actress" awards (Golden Horse Award and the inaugural Golden Dragon Awards in Taiwan, Hong Kong Film Award, and the Pan-Asia Pacific Film Festival) in 1987 for Stanley Kwan's "Rouge" Rouge (1987). In the early 1990s she announced her "half" retirement from the singing industry. However, by popular demand, she continued to record albums and to act in movies, and by 1994, she engineered a full comeback to great critical and popular acclaim.
She passed away from cervical cancer on December 30th, 2003. Many of her friends were with her in her last hours.- One of Britain's biggest female stars of the post-war years, she appeared at various positions (3rd being the highest) in the British and Motion Picture Herald popularity polls, between 1945-50. She was pretty, vivacious and charming, which was all most of her early roles called for. She appeared in a number of the hugely popular wartime Gainsborough costume dramas, including Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945). She also made one film in Hollywood, the Technicolor Canyon Passage (1946). Her best acting opportunities were in The Brothers (1947), as a sexy orphan wreaking havoc on a remote Scottish Island, and When the Bough Breaks (1947), a stark unwed mother drama.
She moved to Paris upon her second marriage in 1949 and began to work increasingly in European cinema, filming in France and Italy (and a French-Canadian feature in Quebec). She returned to England in the late fifties, making three more films (her last) and a few TV appearances before retiring in 1963. She lived in Locarno, Switzerland for many years and died there in December 2003. - David Bale was born on 2 September 1941 in South Africa. He was an actor, known for Little Dorrit (1987) and The Rising of the Moon (2002). He was married to Gloria Steinem, Jennifer James and Sandra Kreunen. He died on 30 December 2003 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- John Gregory Dunne was born on 25 May 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer, known for A Star Is Born (2018), A Star Is Born (1976) and Up Close & Personal (1996). He was married to Joan Didion. He died on 30 December 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Johnny Sands was born on 29 April 1928 in Lorenzo, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), Born to Speed (1947) and Aladdin and His Lamp (1952). He was married to Donella B. Clementini and Sue Allen. He died on 30 December 2003 in Ainaloa, Hawaii, USA.
- Johnny Wilson was an actor, known for Isang bala ka lang! (1983), O! Pagsintang labis (1967) and Anak ng cabron (1988). He died on 30 December 2003 in the Philippines.
- Scott Craig was born on 9 February 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Magical World of Disney (1954) and The New Mickey Mouse Club (1977). He died on 30 December 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Vladimir Bogomolov was born on 3 July 1924 in Kirillovka, Moscow Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Ivan's Childhood (1962), Zosya (1967) and Moment istiny. He died on 30 December 2003 in Moscow, Russia.
- John A. Cundieff was born on 20 February 1912 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Tales from the Hood (1995). He was married to Christina Cundieff. He died on 30 December 2003 in the USA.
- Lidiya Kompaniyets was born on 12 March 1914 in Novo-Grigoryevka, Russian Empire [now Novogrigorivka, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Gody devichi (1961) and Sudba Mariny (1954). She died on 30 December 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Soundtrack
Hukwe Zawose died on 30 December 2003 in Tanzania.- Kiril Yanev was born on 3 December 1926 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Zlatniyat vek (1984), Agent nr 1 (1972) and Skorpion sreshtu Daga (1969). He died on 30 December 2003.
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Dorothy Sensier was born on 26 September 1923 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. She was a composer and writer, known for Guns of Darkness (1962), Three Of A Kind (1962) and Bid for Fame (1956). She was married to Philip Beck and Peter Sensier. She died on 30 December 2003 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK.- Arne Seldorf was born on 2 July 1935 in Højby, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Frøken Nitouche (1963), Premiere i helvede (1964) and Peters landlov (1963). He died on 30 December 2003.
- Sônia Ferreira was an actress, known for Marcas da Vida (2011), O Doce Mundo de Guida (1969) and Felicidade Existe (2001). She died on 30 December 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.