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The multifaceted Ellen Albertini was a student of dance and piano at the age of five, and obtained a B.A. and M.A. in theater from Cornell University. She moved to New York, and studied and worked with the legendary likes of Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, Michael Shurtleff, Uta Hagen, Marcel Marceau, and Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She was an acting coach before she made her debut film appearance in American Drive-in (1985), and later became memorable as the rapping grandmother in The Wedding Singer (1998), "Disco Dottie" in 54 (1998) and the homophobic grandmother in Wedding Crashers (2005).- Writer
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William Bast, the Edgar-winning TV screenwriter, was the first biographer of cinema icon James Dean, his close friend and lover. Bast and Dean met and became friends and roommates while drama students at U.C.L.A., and later roomed together in New York City.
Bast first wrote about Dean a year after his death, in "James Dean: A Biography", which was published in 1956. The biography was the basis of the 1976 TV movie James Dean (1976), produced and written by Bast, which portrayed Dean as a straight-skewed bisexual. In the TV movie, Bast -- a character in the teleplay who narrates the movie -- says that Dean's closest relationship had been with a woman, Liz Sheridan.
Thirty years later, Bast published a franker memoir of his relationship with cinema's iconic teenage rebel, "Surviving James Dean", in which he portrayed the late actor as a homosexual who likely would have entered into a committed, gay relationship with Bast if he had not been killed in a car crash on September 30, 1955. Bast refuted "Dizzy" Sheridan's contention that the couple were in love and briefly engaged, claiming he himself helped make up the myths of Dean as a bicurious straight due to the uptight 1950s. The 1976 telefilm has Dean encouraging Bast to go cruising for gay sex in the bar of New York's Astor Hotel in the name of gaining experience.
In addition to his 1956 biography, 2006 memoir and the 1976 TV movie, Bast also wrote a screenplay based on Dean's funeral for a 1958 British TV teleplay, "The Myth Makers" (1958). "The Myth Makers" was later adapted for American television as "The Movie Star" (1962).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Art Levinson was born on 3 September 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Hard Rain (1998), Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) and My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988). He was married to Judy. He died on 4 May 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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- Director
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Norman T. Herman received his education at Rutgers University and New York University. His entrance into the film business was as an accountant at American International Pictures, which he joined in 1955. He soon became a producer at AIP, responsible for such films as Hot Rod Girl (1956), Bloody Mama (1970) and Blacula (1972). He also directed a pair of exploitation "documentaries" in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He spent most of his career, though, in various executive positions at a variety of studios, although he did turn to writing scripts for several TV series in the 1960s, such as The Invaders (1967).- Soledad Cazorla was born on 19 February 1955 in Larache, Spanish Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]. She died on 4 May 2015 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Dev Large was an actor, known for Dev Large feat. Shiina Junpei: Music Maker (2001), Nipps feat. Muro & Dev Large: Galaxy Pimp 3000 (2002) and Sugar Hill Street (2006). He died on 4 May 2015 in Japan.
- Jesús Prieto was born in 1957 in Santa María del Páramo, León, Spain. He was an actor, known for La vida mancha (2003), Primera función (1989) and Mocland - A super space adventure (2008). He died on 4 May 2015 in Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain.
- Marv Hubbard was born on 7 May 1946 in Salamanca, New York, USA. He was married to Virginia. He died on 4 May 2015 in Salamanca, New York, USA.
- Sharon Fairless was born on 9 March 1939 in Farmersville, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Texas Hardtails (2005) and Ma's Roadhouse (2010). She was married to Harry Edward Fairless and Ocie Carlton Draper. She died on 4 May 2015 in Texas, USA.
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Josh Ozersky was a director and writer, known for Hungry in... (2012), Extreme Chef (2011) and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: A-Z (2020). He died on 4 May 2015 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Director
- Writer
Nijat Feyzullayev was born on 1 November 1945 in Baku, USSR. Nijat was a director and writer, known for Küçälärä su säpmisäm (2004), Zhena moya, deti moi (1978) and Nankorluq (1986). Nijat died on 4 May 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan.- Georg Björklund was born on 30 May 1924 in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Kvinnan som försvann (1949). He died on 4 May 2015 in Sweden.
- Franco Cagossi was born on 1 January 1938 in Buronzo, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for La bufera (1975). He died on 4 May 2015 in Valle San Nicolao, Piedmont, Italy.
- George Shulgach was born on 17 May 1956 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. George died on 4 May 2015 in Bel Air, Maryland, USA.