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Jerry Orbach was born in the Bronx, New York, the only child of Leon Orbach, a former vaudevillian actor, was a German Jewish immigrant, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, and Emily (nee Olexy), a radio singer, was born in Pennsylvania to immigrant Polish-Lithuanian Roman Catholic parents, Alexander Olexy and Susanna (nee Klauba). The family moved frequently. He spent part of his childhood in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania and eventually settled in Waukegan, Illinois, where he went to high school.
The constant moving made him the new kid on the block and forced him to become "a chameleon" to blend in his new settings. He studied drama at the University of Illinois and at Northwestern University. He then went to study acting in New York and got constant work in musicals. He slowly pushed to get acting roles in television and films after being overlooked due to his musical roots.
Orbach died at age 69 on December 28, 2004, after a decade-long battle with prostate cancer. His widow, Elaine Cancilla Orbach died on April 1, 2009, from pneumonia. Orbach and Cancilla both predeceased Orbach's mother, Emily Orbach, who died on July 28, 2012, at the age of 101.- Writer
- Director
- Actress
Born in New York City, raised in Arizona and California, educated at the University of Chicago, Harvard, Oxford and the Sorbonne, Susan Sontag constitutes a veritable challenge for any biographer. A novelist, philosopher, essayist, movie director and playwright, over the past thirty years she has been a controversial figure, too snobby for many of her critics, but always ready for a veritably "down to earth" engagement wherever and whenever human free expression is at stake (Vietnam, communist China, Bosnia).
Among her essays, which are by far her most complete aesthetic achievement, many are devoted to Film, either to single movies (like Bergman's "Persona", Godard's "Vivre sa vie", Syberberg's "Hitler, a Film from Germany", but also Chaplin's "The Dictator" and Kubrick's "Doctor Strangelove"), directors (Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Leni Riefenstahl), or genders (Science Fiction). Her own films are deeply inspired by modernist style. The first two, Duet for Cannibals (1969) and Brother Carl (1971), both shot and produced in Sweden, bear clear influences of Bergman's reflections about the impossibility of human communication. Letter from Venice (1984) is an elegiac documentary of a mental tour of melancholia, while "Promised Lands" is a shocking documentary about Israel/Palestine that managed to outrage both the pro-Israelis and the pro-Palestinians at the time of its release in the mid 1970's. Since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1975 (which she eventually overcame during several years of treatment), she has been involved in thinking and writing about the role of disease (TB, cancer, AIDS) in contemporary Western society.- Actress
- Writer
Agathe Vannier was born on 8 March 1946 in Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. She was an actress and writer, known for Animal (1977), Cinéma 16 (1975) and La virée superbe (1974). She was married to Bernard Dubois. She died on 28 December 2004 in Paris, France.- Alicia de Phillips was born on 4 December 1916 in Mexico D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Las calaveras del terror (1944), El prisionero 13 (1933) and I Shall Live Again (1940). She was married to Alex Phillips. She died on 28 December 2004 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
- Walter Ng was born on 24 September 1915 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Terry and the Pirates (1952) and Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952). He died on 28 December 2004 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
- Make-Up Department
Gloria Morgan was born on 3 April 1910 in New York, New York, USA. She is known for Duffy of San Quentin (1954), Science Fiction Theatre (1955) and The Real McCoys (1957). She died on 28 December 2004.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Lisl Valetti was born on 14 November 1914 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress. She died on 28 December 2004 in Studio City, California, USA.- Lyudmila Fedotova was born on 12 May 1939. She was an actress, known for Korolevskaya lozha (1969). She died on 28 December 2004.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Fengkui Wang was a director and actor, known for Jiandie zhan yu nu se wuguan (1989), Sherlock Holmes in China (1994) and Qing wu da rao (1992). He died on 28 December 2004 in Beijing, China.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
Günter Marczinkowsky was born on 10 September 1927 in Berlin-Pankow, Germany. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Trace of Stones (1966), Der Untertan (1951) and Kapitäne bleiben an Bord (1959). He died on 28 December 2004 in Hamburg, Germany.- Giulio Marini was born on 13 January 1945 in Rijeka, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He was an actor, known for Captain America (1990), Fliers of the Open Skies (1977) and Velo misto (1980). He died on 28 December 2004 in Rijeka, Croatia.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Johnny Downes was born on 26 June 1920 in Great Easton, Leicestershire, England, UK. Johnny was a producer and director, known for Oh Brother! (1968), The Basil Brush Show (1968) and The Lenny the Lion Show (1957). Johnny died on 28 December 2004 in Devon, England, UK.- Writer
- Editor
- Producer
Michael Ahnemann was born on 26 October 1938. He was a writer and editor, known for Cowboy (1966), Miami Vice (1984) and Time Trax (1993). He died on 28 December 2004.- Script and Continuity Department
- Sound Department
Gloria Gottschalk was born on 3 April 1910 in New York, USA. Gloria died on 28 December 2004 in Tracy, California, USA.