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Larry Sellers was a Native American actor and stuntman of Osage and Cherokee descent and an adopted member of the Lakota nation. Sellers became known for his regular role as Cloud Dancing in the popular CBS hit series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993). He also worked in the capacity of technical advisor on the show, notably on linguistic aspects. Other roles saw Sellers portraying a Comanche in Lightning Jack (1994), a Cheyenne Sheriff in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) and a Native American casino owner in an episode of The Sopranos (1999).
At the age of 28, Sellers had a vision which prompted him to study the traditional Sun Dance of the Plains Indians and implement its reintroduction to the Osage people. A ceremony of great religious significance, this ritual was designed as supplication to the Great Spirit in order to ensure the tribe's overall welfare. Traditionally, it also bestowed greater merit to individuals who underwent the physically harder aspects, which included four days of prayer and dancing while deprived of food and water. Sellers was said to have turned down an offer to appear in Kevin Costner's epic Dances with Wolves (1990) because he was not given the four days required to complete the Sun Dance ceremony.
Larry Sellers presided over a non-profit organization for the preservation of the Osage language, and, from 2004, operated the Missionary Society for the Preservation of Traditional Values which aims to uphold and/or revive spiritual values and heritage. He latterly resided in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, a town named after a prominent 28th century chief and seat of the Osage tribal government. He passed away on December 9, 2021, at the age of 72.- Actress
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Perky, talented, blue-eyed redhead Cara Williams had acting aspirations from the get-go. She was born in Brooklyn on June 29, 1925, as Bernice Kamiat, to an Austrian Jewish father, Benjamin Kamiat, and a mother of Romanian Jewish descent, Flora (Schwartz). Cara began performing as a child and continued into her teens. After her parents' divorce, she relocated with her mother to Hollywood where she attended the Hollywood Professional School and lent her voice to both radio and animated cartoon shorts. At age 16 she was signed by 20th Century-Fox and began to play minor, often unbilled parts in drama, comedy and musicals billing herself as Bernice Kay.
Throughout WWII she was always reliable for adding a little pep and zing to her smallish roles. She played various shapely secretaries, salesgirls, girlfriends, etc. in such minor fodder as Wide Open Town (1941), Happy Land (1943), In the Meantime, Darling (1944) and Don Juan Quilligan (1945), but nothing to propel her into the front ranks.
Things started picking up in the post-war years. She made a splash on stage in a production of "Born Yesterday" and started earning notably feisty, tart-tongued roles in such films as Boomerang! (1947) and The Saxon Charm (1948). By the 1950s she showed scene-stealing potential in The Girl Next Door (1953) and The Helen Morgan Story (1957), and finally earned an Academy Award nomination for her sad, touching supporting turn as a widowed mother in the classic The Defiant Ones (1958) opposite Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis. This led to a couple of flashy gangster moll roles in the film comedies Never Steal Anything Small (1959) and The Man from the Diners' Club (1963).
The sitcom December Bride (1954) starring Spring Byington had deadpan quipster Harry Morgan stealing many scenes griping about scatterbrained wife Gladys (who was never shown on camera). When Morgan moved into his own spinoff series, Gladys was finally revealed in the form of Cara on the initially popular Pete and Gladys (1960) TV show. The program did not last as long as it deserved (two seasons) but the dusky-voiced Cara came off well and was escorted directly into her own series The Cara Williams Show (1964) with the equally personable Frank Aletter at her side. Molded at this time by the CBS powers-that-be as the next wacky redhead to follow in the comedy heels of Lucille Ball, the plans quickly went askew following an unfavorable network power shuffle and the canceling of her sitcom after only one season. With her momentum completely gone, her career went into rapid decline. She did manage a steady role on the first season of Rhoda (1974), and an affecting dramatic turn in the ensemble film soaper Doctors' Wives (1971). By the 1980s, however, she had officially retired.
A turbulent 1950s marriage to actor John Drew Barrymore (who later became the father of actress Drew in a subsequent marriage) produced son John Blyth Barrymore who went into acting as well and appeared in a bit role in his mother's last film The One Man Jury (1978). Cara subsequently married a Beverly Hills realtor (her third husband) and later displayed a strong business acumen in interior designing and as a champion poker player. She also had one child from her first marriage.- Camera and Electrical Department
Kal Biggins was born on 31 October 1990 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. Kal is known for Censor (2021). Kal died on 9 December 2021 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK.- Writer
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During the 1970s, Lina Wertmüller emblazoned her name into the pantheon of Italian cinema with a series of intensely polemical, deeply controversial and wonderfully entertaining films. Among the most politically outspoken and iconoclastic members of the second generation of postwar directors - the direct heirs to the neo-realists - Wertmüller was also one of the first woman directors to be internationally recognized and acclaimed. Armed with a keenly satiric and Rabelaisian humor, Wertmüller reinvented the narrative forms and character types of Italian comedy to create one of the rare examples of a radical, politically galvanized cinema that managed to achieve widespread popularity. Indeed, the fierce invectives against social, cultural and historical inequities at the heart of Wertmüller's mid-1970s masterworks Love and Anarchy, Seven Beauties and Swept Away seemed only to help the films find an appreciative audience, especially in the United States, where they broke box office records for foreign films and even secured Wertmüller an Oscar nomination for Best Director - the very first woman named for this category. Although Wertmüller remains a well-known name, her remarkable films are strangely overlooked and only selectively revisited. And yet, the incredible energy and daring of her most popular works is equally present in lesser-known masterpieces such as All Screwed Up and The Seduction of Mimi, films that are both extremely topical and yet still totally relevant today.- Carmen Salinas was born on 5 October 1939 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Man on Fire (2004), Carnival Nights (1978) and María Mercedes (1992). She was married to Pedro Plascencia and Carlos Paulín. She died on 9 December 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Gus Mancuso was born on 5 January 1933 in Hastings, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Maggie Peterson and Lorraine Hunt-Bono. He died on 9 December 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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The acclaimed Austrian stage and screen actress Gertraud Jesserer was born in Vienna on December 13 1943. After briefly attending the Max Reinhardt Seminar, she became an ensemble member of the Theater in der Josefstadt and made her debut in Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom in 1960. For the next thirteen years, she plied her trade in Austria and neighbouring Germany on both the classical and the contemporary stage. In 1973, Jesserer joined the famous Viennese Burgtheater where she distinguished herself in a variety of lead and character roles, excelling in both comedy and drama, playing anything from countesses and dowagers to maids and prostitutes. Her many vivid stage portrayals have included Polly in Brecht's Threepenny Opera, Rosalinde in Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It and Marie in Schnitzlers Ruf des Lebens. Jesserer achieved even greater success on the screen. She made her debut in Rolf Thiele's comedy Die Halbzarte (1959), co-starring as Romy Schneider's younger sister. Until her retirement in 2012, she acted in numerous TV movies and achieved enduring popularity for a recurring role as Gerda in the Austrian soap opera Familie Leitner (1958). She also made guest appearances in diverse series, ranging from Kommissar Rex (1994) and Das Traumschiff (1981) to The Old Fox (1977). In addition to Austrian honours, such as the Nestroy Ring, Jesserer was also a recipient of an annual Goldene Kamera Award in 1981 (as Best German Actress) for her starring role in the TV movie Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (1980).
Jesserer's oldest son Nikolas, a war correspondent and photographer, was killed during a 1991 bombing at Ljubljana airport. Gertaud herself also died tragically in a house fire, just days before her 78th birthday, on December 4 2021.- Al Unser was born on 29 May 1939 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. He was an actor, known for Home Improvement (1991), ABC Sports (1961) and ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961). He was married to Karen Sue Barnes and Wanda Jesperson. He died on 9 December 2021 in Chama, New Mexico, USA.
- Paquito Guzman was born on 20 November 1939 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was married to Carmen. He died on 9 December 2021 in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
- Thomas attended West Laurens High School in Montrose, Ga., where he was a first-team Class AA all-state selection by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and a two-time all-region and All-Heart of Georgia choice. Caught 56 passes for 756 yards (13.5 avg.) with seven touchdowns as a senior. Played on the school's state championship basketball team. First name is pronounced duh-MARE-ee-us. Demaryius Thomas was born on Dec. 25, 1987, in Montrose, Ga.
- Themsie Times was born in 1951 in Gqeberha [formerly Port Elizabeth], South Africa. She was an actress, known for Dangerous Ground (1997), African Express (1990) and Stander (2003). She died on 9 December 2021 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
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Born August 9, 1934 in Sacramento, California, Ron graduated from C.K. McClatchy High School. He spent two years in the United States Army, stationed in Japan during peacetime. Upon returning home he met his first wife, Judy, to whom he was married over twenty years. It was during this time Ron began pursuing acting classes and had some modeling jobs in Sacramento. After their divorce, he moved to Los Angeles and continued studying acting, and found extra work and continued modeling. Around the time he started getting some roles in TV, he met and married his second wife, Linda Baca. Film roles followed, realizing Ron's lifelong dream of appearing in movies. He retired, and then returned home to Sacramento following the death of his wife from cancer. He now resides in Palm Springs with his daughter.- Vera Maria Monteiro was an actress, known for Supermax (2016), Crashing Into the Future (2018) and Teste de Elenco (2011). She died on 9 December 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- John Barnosky was born on 18 May 1964 in Freeport, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Life 101 (1995). He died on 9 December 2021 in Randallstown, Maryland, USA.
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Masayuki Uemura was born on 20 June 1943 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a producer and writer, known for Sutte Hakkun (1998), Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999) and Ice Climber (1985). He died on 9 December 2021 in Kyoto, Japan.- Donald Cozzens was born on 17 May 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He died on 9 December 2021 in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA.
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Ramon Muntaner was born on 29 September 1950 in Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a composer and actor, known for L'escot (1987), La plaça del Diamant (1982) and La teranyina (1990). He died on 9 December 2021 in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Art Department
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Born Christos Achilléos, Chris was born in Famagusta, Cyprus. Chris was a cover artist of the covers of many Target novelisations during the 1970s. For the earlier publications, he provided both front cover art and comic book-style back cover vignettes. He also produced a limited edition print commemorating The Five Doctors, and, for SFX magazine, a poster commemorating the premiere airing of Rose. He also contributed at least one cover to Doctor Who Magazine. His 1987 art book Sirens includes many of his Target book cover art. Chris also designed the cover for the re-release of Battlefield. For over the past 40 years, Chris has created some of the best loved fantasy and glamour art and is acknowledged as one of the top fantasy artists in the world.- Tonia Rotkopf Blair was born in 1925 in Lodz, Poland. He was married to Vachel Blair. He died on 9 December 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Luis Irizar was married to Virginia Alzugaray. He died on 9 December 2021 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain.
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Maryse Wolinski was born on 3 May 1943 in Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]. She was a writer, known for Mission protection rapprochée (1997), La divine sieste de papa (1986) and Association de bienfaiteurs (1994). She was married to Georges Wolinski. She died on 9 December 2021 in Paris, France.- Actor
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David Lasley's prolific career as a singer/songwriter spans more than 30 years. He is best-known for the hundreds of songs he has written for artists such as Anita Baker ("You Bring Me Joy"), Maxine Nightingale ("Lead Me On"), Patti LaBelle ("Come What May", "I Don't Go Shopping"), Aretha Franklin ("There's a Star for Everyone"), Boz Scaggs ("Jojo"), Tina Turner, Whitney Houston and many more. His work as a background vocalist is equally auspicious. Most familiar for his more than 24 years singing with pop/folk icon James Taylor, Lasley has also backed such artists as Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Buffett, Ringo Starr, Cher, Chaka Khan, and countless others. Lasley's tremendous talent as a solo performer matches his stature as a songwriter, vocal arranger and background vocalist and in 2000, he issued Back to Blue-Eyed Soul, a retrospective of his work featuring rare recordings dating back to 1966.- Speedy Duncan was born on 10 August 1942 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. He died on 9 December 2021 in the USA.
- Tonia Blair was born in 1925 in Lodz, Poland. She was married to Vachel Blair. She died on 9 December 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Don Asmussen is known for Monkeybone (2001). Don died on 9 December 2021 in San Francisco, California, USA.