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Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely bank secretary, "Janet Trego", in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) (1963-1965). In 1967, she would meet her future husband, director Roman Polanski, on the set of the English film The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). Sharon's big role would be that same year when she was the starlet in Valley of the Dolls (1967). With her marriage to Roman, her life became one of parties, travel and meeting influential movie people. She would appear as a red-haired beauty in the spy spoof The Wrecking Crew (1968) working with Dean Martin and the equally beautiful Elke Sommer. Sharon was 2 months pregnant of her first child while filming in Italy and France a funny Italian comedy movie 12 + 1 (1969) in February 1969. On August 9, 1969 Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Steve Parent, and Voytek Frykowski were murdered by 3 of Charles Manson's followers: Charles 'Tex' Watson, Susan Atkins (died in prison in 2009), and Patricia Krenwinkel. Manson died in prison in 2017. Watson and Krenwinkel are still in prison.- Actor
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Shelley Berman began studying acting shortly after he was honorably discharged from the US navy. He enrolled as a drama student at Chicago's Goodman Theater, where he met Sarah Herman, another aspiring thespian. They fell in love and were married in 1947. After graduating from the Goodman Theater, Shelley joined the Woodstock Players, a stock theater company in Woodstock, IL. It was here that he had the opportunity to really develop and polish his acting skills, with the support and encouragement of fellow players Geraldine Page, Betsy Palmer and Tom Bosley. Leaving Woodstock in 1949, Shelley and Sarah made their way across the country, with Shelley in search of acting work. When those jobs were scarce, he worked as a social director, a cab driver, a speech teacher, an assistant manager at a drug store and an instructor at Arthur Murray Dance Studios. While in New York Shelley found work as a sketch writer for The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956), and was doing well when he received an invitation to join an improvisational troupe known as The Compass Players, which took him back home to Chicago. With Compass (which later evolved into Second City) Shelley worked with soon-to-be famous performers Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Severn Darden and Barbara Harris, among others. While performing improvised sketches with the Compass Players, Shelley began developing solo pieces, employing an imaginary telephone to take the place of an onstage partner. While watching Mort Sahl perform at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago in 1957, Shelley realized he didn't necessarily have to tell traditional jokes, as other comedians of the day did, in order to work in nightclubs and went on to audition at the club, performing his one-man monologues and telephone routines with great success. Those first dates at Mr. Kelly's led to other nightclub engagements around the country, appearances on national television and a recording contract with Verve Records. "Inside Shelley Berman", released in early 1959, became the first comedy album to be awarded a gold record--for selling one million copies--and the first non-musical recording to win a Grammy Award. Shelley would eventually record a total of six albums for Verve, including "Outside Shelley Berman" and "The Edge of Shelley Berman", both of which also went gold. Shelley would go on to appear on numerous TV specials, and all of the major variety shows, including those of Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Dinah Shore, Perry Como, Andy Williams and Dean Martin. Shelley's great success as a comedian enabled him to continue with his first love, acting. He starred on Broadway in "A Family Affair" and would continue to do stage work in productions of "The Odd Couple", "Damn Yankees", "Where's Charley?", "Fiddler On the Roof", "Two by Two", "I'm Not Rappaport", "La Cage aux Folles", "Prisoner of Second Avenue" and "Guys & Dolls", among others. Comedic and dramatic acting roles in what came to be known as "The Golden Age of Television" began to come his way, including memorable appearances on episodes of Peter Gunn (1958), The Twilight Zone (1959), Rawhide (1959), Bewitched (1964), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), Adam-12 (1968), Emergency! (1972), CHiPs (1977), St. Elsewhere (1982), Night Court (1984), MacGyver (1985), L.A. Law (1986), Friends (1994), Arli$$ (1996), Lizzie McGuire (2001), Providence (1999), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), The King of Queens (1998), "The Bernie Mac Show" (2001)_, "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)_ Entourage (2004) Hannah Montana (2006), CSI: NY (2004) and Boston Legal (2004), the latter of which he made numerous recurring guest -tar appearances as the hilariously semi-senile Judge Robert Sanders. Since 2002 Shelley has appeared as Nat David (Larry David's father) on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), a role for which he received a 2008 Emmy Award nomination. With dialogue entirely improvised by its cast, "Curb" has given Shelley the opportunity to return to his improv roots, introduced him to a new generation of TV viewers and brought him acclaim from critics and fans alike. Among Shelley's film credits are The Best Man (1964) with Henry Fonda; Divorce American Style (1967) with Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds; Every Home Should Have One (1970) with Marty Feldman; '80s cult favorite Teen Witch (1989); with 'Burt Reynolds' in The Last Producer (2000); Meet the Fockers (2004) with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller; The Aristocrats (2005); The Holiday (2006) with Cameron Diaz, and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) (with Adam Sandler). Shelley continues to do film and television work and make personal appearances across the country year-round. He has authored three books, two plays, several TV pilot scripts and numerous poems. For over 20 years he taught humor writing in the Master of Professional Writing program at USC, where he is now a Lecturer Emeritus. Shelley spends his (precious little) free time volunteering for various charitable organizations and indulging in his favorite hobby, knife collecting.- Tom Pittman was born on 16 March 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for High School Big Shot (1959), Tombstone Territory (1957) and Apache Territory (1958). He died on 31 October 1958 in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Yvette Vickers majored in picture and theatre arts at UCLA for three years. On a trip to New York in the mid-1950s, she was cast as the White Rain Girl in commercials. She returned to the West Coast, working in various television series until she debuted in her first movie, Short Cut to Hell (1957), James Cagney's first directing effort. She played Allison Hayes' slatternly rival in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) and Bruno VeSota's slatternly wife in Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959). After doing a half dozen more movies through the end of the 1950s, the blonde, blue-eyed actress appeared once in 1963 in Hud (1963), in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), and in the television movie The Dead Don't Die (1975).
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- Writer
- Producer
John Guillermin was born on 11 November 1925 in London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Towering Inferno (1974), Death on the Nile (1978) and King Kong (1976). He was married to Maureen Connell and Mary Guillermin. He died on 27 September 2015 in Topanga Canyon, California, USA.- Angela Stevens was born on 8 May 1925 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Outlaw Women (1952) and Blunder Boys (1955). She was married to George F. Zika. She died on 17 March 2016 in Canyon Lake, Riverside County, California, USA.
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- Writer
- Director
Sergei Bodrov Jr. was born on December 27th, 1971 to producer and director Sergei Bodrov. He made his film debut in his father's Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) (Prisoner of the mountains) for which he won a Nika. From then on Sergei's career began. In 1997 he played a lead role in Brother (1997) which turned him into a star and made him one of the most known and beloved Russian actors.
He followed up the role with Brat 2 (2000) in 2000. He made his directorial debut in 2001 with Sisters (2001). The movie was a hit with audiences and critics alike.
In 2002 he was supposed to direct a movie, "Messenger", for which he traveled to the Caucasus mountains. On September 20th 2002, an avalanche due to a glacier slide came down from the mountains. Bodrov and his production group are still reported missing, believed killed. He is survived by his wife and two children, a four year old daughter and a two-month old son.- Scotty Bowers was born on 1 July 1923 in Ottawa, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017), Sammy LaBella: The Real Skip E. Lowe and Sinatra! Eternity. He was married to Lois Bowers. He died on 13 October 2019 in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Soundtrack
- Composer
- Music Department
Alan Christie Wilson was born to John Wilson and Shirley Brigham in the Boston suburb of Arlington, MA on July 4 1943. Wilson was highly sensitive, introverted, and intelligent, which set him apart from his peers. He became engrossed in music as a child after his step mother bought him a jazz record. Some of Wilson's first efforts at performing music publicly came during his teen years when he learned trombone, teaching himself the instrumental parts from the aforementioned jazz record. Later he formed a jazz ensemble with other musically oriented friends from school called Crescent City Hot Five. At this time, Wilson was into traditional New Orleans music, and later, Classical European and Indian music. Wilson developed a fascination with blues music after a friend played a Muddy Waters record for him, The Best of Muddy Waters. Inspired by Little Walker, he took up harmonica, and soon after, the acoustic guitar after hearing a John Lee Hooker record. After graduating from Arlington High School in 1961, he majored in music at Boston University. His academics earned him a National Merit Scholarship and the F.E. Thompson Scholarship Fund from the Town of Arlington. Wilson developed into a dedicated student of early blues, writing a number of articles for the Broadside of Boston newspaper and the folk-revival magazine Little Sandy Review, including a piece on bluesman Robert Pete Williams.
Wilson met Harvard student and fellow blues enthusiast David Evans in a record store, and the two began playing as a team around the Cambridge coffeehouse folk-blues circuit. With Evans on vocals and guitar, Wilson on harmonica and occasionally second guitar. The two played a repertoire of mostly classic-era blues covers. The early 1960's saw a "rediscovery" of pre-war blues artists by young, white blues enthusiasts, including Mississippi John Hurt, Booker White, Skip James and Son House. After Son House's "rediscovery" in 1964, it was evident that House had forgotten his songs due to his long absence from music. Wilson showed him how to play again the songs House had recorded in 1930 and 1942. Wilson played House's old recordings for him and demonstrated them on guitar to revive House's memory. House recorded Father of Folk Blues for Columbia Records in 1965. Two of the selections on the set featured Wilson on harmonica and guitar. In a letter to Jazz Journal published in the September 1965 issue, Son House's manager Dick Waterman remarked the following about the project and Wilson: "It is a solo album, except for backing on two cuts by a 21-year-old White boy from Cambridge by the name of Al Wilson. Al plays second guitar on Empire State Express and harp on Levee Camp Moan."
Due to Wilson's extreme near sidedness, and scholarly nature, his friend, John Fahey, "Father of the American Fingerstyle Guitar" gave him the nickname "The Blind Owl." After moving to California, Wilson met fellow blues enthusiast Bob Hite at a record store and together founded Canned Heat in 1965. Named after Tommy Johnson's 1928 song "Canned Heat Blues," about an alcoholic who turned to drinking the cooking fuel Sterno. Originally beginning as a jug band, Canned Heat initially comprised of Hite on vocals and Wilson on bottleneck guitar. The band started recording for Liberty Records in 1967, releasing their first album Canned Heat featuring reworkings of older blues songs. Their first big live performance was at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 17, 1967 where they performed renditions of "Rollin and Tumblin," "Bullfrog Blues," and "Dust My Broom."
Heavily influenced by Skip James, Wilson began singing similar to James' high pitch. Some of his first singing attempts took place behind a closed bedroom door; and when a family member overheard him, he was embarrassed. Wilson eventually perfected the high tenor for which he would become known. Wilson wrote and sang the band's break out hit "On the Road Again,' an updated version of a 1950's composition by Floyd Jones, on the band's second release, Boogie With Canned Heat. In an interview with Down Beat magazine he remarked, "... on 'On The Road Again' I appear in six different capacities - three tamboura parts, harmonica, vocal, and guitar, all recorded at different times." "On The Road Again" peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number 8 on the UK singles charts earning the band immense popularity in Europe.
Canned Heat's third album included the band's best-known song, also sung by Wilson, "Going Up the Country." The song, an incarnation of Henry Thomas' "Bull-Doze Blues" was rewritten by Wilson and caught the "back to nature" attitude of the late 1960's. The tune was a hit in numerous countries around the world, peaking at number 11 in the US. The "rural hippie anthem" became the unofficial theme song for the Woodstock Festival where Canned Heat performed at sunset on August 16, 1969.
In May 1970, Canned Heat teamed up with John Lee Hooker, fulfilling a dream for Wilson of recording with one of his musical idols. It would be his last recording. The resulting double album "Hooker 'N' Heat" was the first in Hooker's career to make the charts. On the album, Hooker is heard wondering how Wilson was capable of following his guitar playing so well. Hooker was known to be a difficult performer to accompany, partly because of his disregard of song form, yet Wilson seemed to have no trouble at all following him on this album. Hooker states that "you [Wilson] musta been listenin' to my records all your life" and also stated that Wilson was the "greatest harmonica player ever."
On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead in his sleeping bag on the hillside behind Bob Hite's Topanga Canyon home where he often slept. He was 27 years old. An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication. Wilson's death came just two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix, four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin, and ten months before the death of Jim Morrison, three artists who also died at the same age.
Besides being a gifted musician, Wilson was a passionate conservationist who loved reading books on botany and ecology. He often slept outdoors to be closer to nature, and amassed a large collection of pinecones, leaves and soil samples. Wilson communicated with trees and plants better than he did with people. In 1970 Wilson established a conservation fund called Music Mountain in the Skunk Cabbage Creek area of California to purchase a grove to be added to Redwood National Park. The purpose of this organization was to raise money for the preservation of the coastal redwood, which Wilson saw increasingly endangered by pollution, and urban sprawl. He wrote an essay called 'Grim Harvest', expressing his concern for the logging of redwoods, which was printed as the liner notes to Canned Heat's 1969 album Future Blues. It begins, "The redwoods of California are the tallest living things on Earth, nearly the oldest, and among the most beautiful to boot." In order to support his dream, Wilson's family purchased a "grove naming" in his memory through the Save the Redwoods League of California. The money donated to create this memorial will be used by the League to support redwood reforestation, research, education, and land acquisition of both new and old growth redwoods. Wilson was cremated and his ashes were later scattered in Sequoia National Park amongst the giant redwoods he passionately loved.- Actor
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Leonard P. Geer was born on 9 May 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955) and Scarface (1983). He died on 9 January 1989 in Topanga Canyon, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Fay was born on 13 February 1968 in Redondo Beach, California, USA. He is known for Virtuosity (1995), Deep Impact (1998) and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). He was married to Heidi Koster. He died on 2 January 2021 in Canyon Country, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Don Herbert was born on 10 July 1917 in Waconia, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Mr. Wizard's World (1983), Scarecrows (1988) and Mr. Wizard (1951). He was married to Norma Herbert and Maraleita Dutton. He died on 12 June 2007 in Bell Canyon, California, USA.- Sound Department
- Music Department
Christopher Banninger was born on 26 December 1955 in Kewadin, Michigan, USA. Christopher is known for General Hospital (1963), Up Close & Personal (1996) and Rolling Vengeance (1987). Christopher was married to Beth Maitland. Christopher died on 31 October 2019 in Canyon Country, California, USA.- American actress, active on the stage, on screen and in radio for more than four decades. Melinda Peterson was an ensemble member of The Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale, California, from its inception in 1991. Aside from her theatrical work, she also leant her voice to numerous radio plays for Firesign Theatre and for the now defunct NPR (National Public Radio) Playhouse. Peterson was noted for her roles as Lucretia Borgia in Norman Corwin's The Plot to Overthrow Christmas and as Agatha Christie, hosting/narrating The BBC Murders, a series of four radio plays staged at the Parker Playhouse in Florida. Arguably, her most acclaimed theatrical portrayal was that of the Italian stage diva Eleonora Duse in Lillian Garrett Groag's play The Lady of the Camellias. According to one reviewer "Peterson's Duse is a marvel of melancholia, her accent pure Italian but her demeanor more evocative of Garbo's Slavic reserve. Whether it's moving those dark eyes a fraction of a millimeter or executing a large, period-perfect gesture, Peterson is as fascinating as the woman she emulates".
Peterson's screen resumé encompassed soap opera (As the World Turns (1956), Santa Barbara (1984)) as well as guest appearances on popular TV series like MacGyver (1985), The Twilight Zone (1985), Cagney & Lacey (1981) and JAG (1995). She was latterly involved in producing and directing several early American plays. A resident of Los Angeles, Peterson was married to Phil Proctor, a prominent writer, performer and celebrity voice impersonator with the Firesign Theatre comedy troupe. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Neil Levang was born on 28 January 1932 in Adams, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Rio Grande (1949), The Lawrence Welk Show (1955) and Lawrence Welk's Christmas Reunion (1985). He was married to Nancy Reynoso and Marian Irene Elder. He died on 26 January 2015 in Canyon Country, California, USA.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Gail Zappa was born on 1 January 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a producer, known for Roxy: The Movie (2015), Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) and Normal Life (1990). She was married to Frank Zappa. She died on 7 October 2015 in Laurel Canyon, California, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
Don Happy was born on 14 August 1916 in Lewiston, Idaho, USA. He was an actor, known for Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Rawhide (1959) and Gunsmoke (1955). He was married to Edith Happy. He died on 27 April 2006 in Canyon Country, California, USA.- Writer
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Tim Kelly was born on October 2, 1931, in Saugus, Massachusetts, to Francis Seymour Kelley and wife Mary Edna Furey. He had two sisters, Jackie Hayes and Patricia Schultz.
Kelly began writing when he was about 12 years old. He entered a contest, using his maternal grandmother's name on one and his mother's name on the other (unbeknownst to them!) because the contest was in a publication catering to women--and they were both published. Thus began his devotion to writing.
Kelly was one of the most prolific American writers ever, with more than 300 plays to his credit. His works--which include comedies, dramas, one-acts, mysteries, melodramas, children's shows and musicals--have been produced by New York's Studio Ensemble Theatre, Royal Court Rep, Apple Corps, Manhattan Theatre Club, Los Angeles Actor's Theatre, Aspen Playwright's Festival, the Seattle Repertory Company, and countless other theaters around the world. He thoroughly enjoyed writing plays specifically for high-school students to perform. A television and screenwriter as well, Kelly penned such films as Cry of the Banshee (1970) and Sugar Hill (1974). Critics would often marginalize his work, but Kelly's presence in amateur theater is still felt today. His work continues to be performed all over the world - constantly.- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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A true pioneer of the independent film movement, Jefferson Richard began his professional career in the 1960s as a folk/blues singer and musician, performing at the legendary Club 47 in Harvard Square and other notable coffee houses in Boston and New York's Greenwich Village, playing with such luminaries as Tom Rush, Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield.
He earned his degree at the Cambridge School Of Broadcating (where he managed the radio station)and graduated from the American Academy Of Dramatic Arts in New York. While attending the Academy, he met George 'Buck' Flower and they became lifelong friends and collaborators. He joined Flower's nationally known repertory company The Inspiration Players, based in Santa Monica, CA, and toured the country both acting and directing morality-based classical theatre in churches and schools. After a stint in the US Army--where he headed up Armed Forces Radio at Fort Ord, CA, during the Vietnam war--he began directing theatre in Los Angeles and throughout the country, as well as working on low-budget films as an actor, grip or whatever job he could get.
Over the next few years Richard performed every job on the set. He broke into the film production field as First Assistant Director on The Black 6 (1973), which Matt Cimber produced and directed. The two formed a bond and continued to work together over the next 14 years on such films as The Candy Tangerine Man (1975), Gemini Affair (1975) and The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976), with Richard progressing to production manager, line producer, second-unit director and eventually producer. It was while working on Cimber's Butterfly (1981) that Richard met and worked with Orson Welles who, even after his death, remains as a great influence in his life.
In 1977 Richard migrated to Park City, Utah, to work with Sunn Classic Pictures where, in addition to being 1st A.D., he honed his skills as a second-unit director on the series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977) and the television movie The Time Machine (1978). He also served as 1st Assistant Director on the Emmy-nominated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980) and a number of other television movies and features. In the 1980s he was one of the most sought-after line producers for independent films in Los Angeles, co-producing such features as Hit List (1989), One Man Force (1989) and Maniac Cop (1988), as well as international productions including A Time to Die (1982), Hundra (1983) and Dance Academy (1988) (both the feature and the RAI Television mini series). He also directed two features: the family-themed theatrical hit In Search of a Golden Sky (1984) and the campy horror cult classic Berserker (1987), which he also wrote.
The 19902 brought success with his own productions as well as with producing action sequences for such films as In Too Deep (1999), Get Carter (2000) and 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001). He worked with James Glickenhaus on several films, including Slaughter of the Innocents (1993) and Timemaster (1995), which he produced. In addition, he line-produced two international television series: Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1998) and Conan the Adventurer (1992) in Mexico, where he has also co-produced two features. Other assignments include Daddy Day Camp (2007), Say It in Russian (2007), Bagboy (2007) and I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006).
He is developing several of his own projects as well as contemplating his next line producer assignment. He resides in Park City, Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife and soul mate Sheila. They are both active environmentalists.- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Carl Macek was born on 21 September 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (1985), Akira (1988) and Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979). He was married to Svea Macek. He died on 17 April 2010 in Topanga Canyon, California, USA.- One of the many professional wrestlers who used his "Texas" background to make a name for himself, Murdoch was one of roughest and meanest of grapplers. He was adept at both singles and tag-team action, gaining a bit of fame as a longtime partner of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. Murdoch switched often from heel to good guy in different wrestling organizations, winning several minor titles. He finally won a "major" title in 1984, when teamed with Adrian Adonis. They won the WWF World Tag-Team title by beating "The Soul Patrol" of Rocky Johnson (father of "The Rock" Rocky Maivia) and Tony Atlas. The duo (heels) held the WWF title for nearly a year, finally losing it to fellow Texan Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda. Murdoch left the organization later and wrestled sporadically in different leagues, before retiring in the early 1990s. He died of a massive heart attack on his ranch in Texas, on June 15, 1996. He was 49.
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- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Duane Tatro was born on 18 May 1927 in Van Nuys, California, USA. He was a composer, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), Tales of the Unexpected (1977) and The Invaders (1967). He was married to Francoise. He died on 9 August 2020 in Bell Canyon, California, USA.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Luster Bayless was born on 26 October 1937 in Ruleville, Mississippi, USA. He was a costume designer, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Shootist (1976) and McQ (1974). He was married to Patricia Vogt. He died on 11 February 2022 in Canyon Country, California,.- Director
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- Producer
Chris Burden was born on 11 April 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Shoot (1971), Through the Night Softly (1973) and Big Wrench (1980). He was married to Nancy Rubins and Barbara. He died on 10 May 2015 in Topanga Canyon, California, USA.- Frances Kroll Ring was born to a furrier in The Bronx, New York in 1916. As a child, she and her family moved to Los Angeles. In 1939, she became F. Scott Fitzgerald's last secretary, working for him until his death in late 1940. After he passed away, Frances Kroll Ring would work as a reader at Paramount Pictures, then marry a Cadillac salesman and have two children. When he died in 1965, she went back to work.
At the time of her death in June 2015, she was one of the last living links to the famous writer. She is survived by two children and two grandchildren.