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- She was an actress best known for playing Beattie in the BBC sitcom Terry and June.Born in Marylebone, central London, to the comedian Ronald Frankau and his wife, the actor Renee Roberts, who played the role of Miss Gatsby in Fawlty Towers, Rosie had a sister, Roberta (Robbie), and several half-siblings from her father's other marriages. She was evacuated during the blitz to the Kent countryside. Despite the doodlebugs overhead, this was the happiest period of her childhood as friends of the family provided a true hearth and home for the duration of the second world war. Afterwards she was sent to boarding school at Monkton Wyld in Dorset, paid for by an aunt.
She graduated from Rada in her 20s and learned her trade in the flourishing British repertory theatre of the 1950s, touring around the country. In the late 50s to 60s she was a star member of Hazel Vincent Wallace's repertory cast at Leatherhead theatre. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Rosie played Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1962, a production directed by Peter Hall, and starring Judi Dench and Ian Richardson. Rosie moved into screen acting, and her long career included roles in General Hospital (1973-75), Yes Minister (1981) and Ken Loach's film Ladybird Ladybird (1994), as well as her eight-year stint in Terry and June (1979-87). Rosie married, Bill Bain, a television director, in 1968. After Bill died of cancer in 1982, she worked hard to bring us up on her own, moving the family to Mortlake so we could be close to our school in Barnes. A happy marriage in 1997 to Desmond Bird gave Rosie a new lease of life. They set up home together in Beckenham, Kent, and she gained a degree in literature and history from the Open University. - Producer
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Bud Wiser an American television producer and screenwriter who has written scripts for numerous TV series, such as Rhoda, ABC-TV's Coach, CBS's Brooklyn Bridge and Charles in Charge, "A Different World", and All In The Family, for which he penned two episodes, "Gloria's Boyfriend" in Season 4 and "Prisoner in the House" in Season 5. Bud also served as a supervising producer for ABC-TV's Who's The Boss? sitcom during the series second season; before that, he also served as a producer for another CBS-TV Bud Yorkin/Norman Lear comedy series, "One Day At A Time", for 98 episodes, the duration of the last four seasons of the long-running series.- Actor
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Scott Staggers was born on 27 April 1975 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Jonah Hex (2010), The Ritual (2009) and 15-Minute Wait (2004). He was married to Sarah Goodding Staggers. He died on 16 April 2017 in Belton, Texas, USA.- Director
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Gianni Boncompagni was born on 13 May 1932 in Arezzo, Italy. He was a director and composer, known for Galassia 2 (1983), Drim (1980) and Bárbara (1980). He died on 16 April 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- José Luis Rojas was an actor, known for Mexico City (2000), Libre para amarte (2013) and Semilla de odio (2000). He died on 16 April 2017 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Michael Bogdanov was born on 15 December 1938 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and writer, known for A Light in the Valley (1998), The Sherman Plays (1993) and The Thorn Birds (2009). He was married to Ulrike Engelbrecht and Patricia Ann Warwick. He died on 16 April 2017 in Paros, Greece.- Piero Ottone was born on 3 August 1924 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He died on 16 April 2017 in Camogli, Liguria, Italy.
- Selim Esen was born in 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey. He died on 16 April 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Priscilla Mohan Prosser was an actress, known for Vicious (2016), Deep Dark (2015) and Turning Tricks (2013). She died on 16 April 2017.
- David Hannegan was an actor, known for HouseSitter (1992), American Playhouse (1980) and Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985). He died on 16 April 2017.
- Ole Corneliussen was born on 3 October 1944. He was an actor, known for Kongekabale (2004) and Enten eller - Du bestemmer (1994). He died on 16 April 2017.