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Sergei Bondarchuk was one of the most important Russian filmmakers, best known for directing an Academy Award-winning film epic War and Peace (1965), based on the book by Lev Tolstoy, in which he also starred as Pierre Bezukhov.
He was born Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk on September, 25, 1920, in the village of Belozerka, Kherson province, Ukraine, Russian Federation (now Belozerka, Ukraine). He was brought up in Southern Ukraine, then in Azov and Taganrog, Southern Russia. Young Bondarchuk was fond of theatre and books by such authors as Anton Chekhov and Lev Tolstoy. He made his stage debut in 1937, on the stage of the Chekhov Drama Theatre in the city of Taganrog, then studied acting at Rostov Theatrical School. In 1942 his studies were interrupted by the Nazi invasion during WWII. Bondarchuk was recruited in the Red Army and served for four years until he was discharged in 1946. From 1946 - 1948 he attended the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VGIK), graduating as an actor from the class of Sergey Gerasimov. In 1948 he made his film debut in Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke (1948) then co-starred in The Young Guard (1948).
For his portrayal of the title character in Taras Shevchenko (1951) he was awarded the State Stalin's Prize of the USSR, and was designated People's Artist of the USSR, becoming the youngest actor ever to receive such honor. Then he starred in the internationally renowned adaptation of the Shakespeare's Othello (1956), in the title role opposite Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona. Bondarchuk expressed his own experience as a soldier of WWII when he starred in The Destiny of a Man (1959), a war drama based on the eponymous story by Mikhail Sholokhov, which was also Bondarchuk's directorial debut that earned him the prestigious Lenin's Prize of the USSR in 1960.
Bondarchuk shot to international fame with War and Peace (1965), a powerful adaptation of the eponymous masterpiece by Lev Tolstoy. The 7-hour-long film epic won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and brought Bondarchuk a reputation of one of the finest directors of his generation. The most expensive project in film history, War and Peace (1965) was produced over seven years, from 1961 to 1968, at an estimated cost of $100,000,000 (over $800,000,000 adjusted for inflation in 2010). The film set several records, such as involving over three hundred professional actors from several countries and also tens of thousands extras from the Red Army in filming of the 3rd two-hour-long episode about the historic Battle of Borodino against the Napoleon's invasion, making it the largest battle scene ever filmed. Bondarchuk also made history by introducing several remote-controlled cameras that were moving on 300 meter long wires above the scene of the battlefield. Having earned international acclaim for War and Peace (1965), he starred in the epic The Battle of Neretva (1969) with fellow Russian, Yul Brynner, and Orson Welles, whom he would direct the following year.
By the late 1960s Bondarchuk was one of the most awarded actor and director in the Soviet Union. However, he was still not a member of the Soviet Communist Party, a fact that brought attention from the Soviet leadership under Leonid Brezhnev. Soon Bondarchuk received an official recommendation to join the Soviet Communist Party, an offer that nobody in the Soviet Union could refuse without risking a career. At that time he was humorously comparing his situation with the historic Hollywood trials of filmmakers during the 50s. Bondarchuk was able to avoid the Communist Party in his earlier career, but things changed in the Soviet Union under Brezhnev, so in 1970, he accepted the trade-off and joined the Soviet Communist Party for the sake of protecting his film career. In 1971 he was elected Chairman of the Union of Filmmakers, a semi-government post in the Soviet system of politically controlled culture. Eventually he evolved into a politically controlled figure and turned to making such politically charged films as Red Bells (1982) and other such films. Later, during the liberalization of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev, Bondarchuk was seen as a symbol of conservatism in Soviet cinema, so in 1986 he was voted out of the office.
Bondarchuk was the first Russian director to make a big budget international co-production with the financial backing of Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis, such as Waterloo (1970), a Russian-Italian co-production vividly reconstructing the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars. This was his first English-language production, but several Soviet actors were cast, e.g. Sergo Zakariadze and Oleg Vidov. In this film, Orson Welles, his co-star in The Battle of Neretva (1969) made a cameo as the old King Louis XVII of France. But this time Bondarchuk was unable to control the advances of Rod Steiger, and the film was a commercial flop in Europe and America, albeit it gained the favor of critics.
After his dismissal from the office of Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers he started filming Tikhiy Don (2006) based on the eponymous novel by the Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Sholokhov, with Rupert Everett as the lead. At the end of filming, just before post-production, Bondarchuk learned about some unfavorable details in his contract, causing a bitter dispute with the producers over the rights to the film and bringing much pain to the last two years of his life. Amidst this legal battle the production was stopped and the film was stored in a bank vault, and remained unedited and undubbed for nearly fourteen years. The production was completed by Russian television company "First Channel", and aired in November 2006.
In his career that spanned over five decades, Sergei Bondarchuk had credits as actor, director, writer, and co-producer in a wide range of films. He suffered a heart attack and died on October 20, 1994, and was laid to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, next to such Russian luminaries as Anton Chekhov and Mikhail A. Bulgakov. His death caused a considerable mourning in Russia. Bondarchuk was survived by his second wife, actress Irina Skobtseva and their children, actress Alyona Bondarchuk, and actor/director Fedor Bondarchuk, and actress Natalya Bondarchuk, his daughter with his first wife, actress Inna Makarova.
As a tribute to Sergei Bondarchuk, his son, Fedor Bondarchuk called him "a father and my teacher," and dedicated his directorial debut, 9th Company (2005), set in war-torn Afghanistan, whereas Sergei's directorial debut was set in WWII.- Actor
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Sergei Polunin was born on 20 November 1989 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor and director, known for Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Red Sparrow (2018) and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018).- Actor
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Leon Belasco was born on 11 October 1902 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Philo Vance Returns (1947), Nothing But the Truth (1941) and The Hidden City (1950). He was married to Laureine Back (dancer). He died on 1 June 1988 in Orange, California, USA.- Actor
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Nikolay Grinko was born on 22 May 1920 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Solaris (1972), Stalker (1979) and Andrei Rublev (1966). He died on 10 April 1989 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Actor
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Sergey Garmash was born on 1 September 1958 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor and writer, known for 12 (2007), Hipsters (2008) and The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999).- Ida Kaminska was born on 4 September 1899 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Shop on Main Street (1965), Tkies khaf (1924) and On a heym (1939). She was married to Marian Melman and Zygmunt Turkow. She died on 21 May 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Nicholas Perry known online as Nikocado Avocado was born on May 19, 1992, in Kherson, Ukraine, to Ukrainian parents, he was later adopted to American parents and moved to Philadelphia where he grew up. He is a classically trained violinist, and graduated at Lower Dauphin High School. He is an Internet Celebrity known for his mukbang eating shows on YouTube. He started his channel in May 2014, where he uploaded his vegan lifestyle with his Colombian husband Orlin and him playing the violin videos, then he started getting into making mukbang videos since he was interested in it, they were healthy eating videos soon, he would take a wrong turn when he quit being vegan in 2016 because of health reasons, he started making theses mukbang videos were he would eat a lot of junk food on camera that of course wasn't vegan food. Later in May of 2017 he would go to Heart Attack Grill and realize that he was 205lbs. After that he would still make a ton of mukbang videos of him eating a lot of junk food almost daily and he would make these videos were he would celebrate his heavyweight. Occasionally in his videos he would fight with Orlin on camera, destroy his food like a toddler, and have mental breakdowns. His content now has become very messed up for the past 4 years because of him wanting to stay relevant. Fans have been shocked the fact a once healthy, nice and skinny youtuber has taken the wrong turn ever since he started mukbanging.- Writer
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Sy Bartlett was born on 10 July 1900 in Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mykolaiv, Ukraine]. He was a writer and producer, known for Cape Fear (1962), The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) and 13 Rue Madeleine (1947). He was married to Carol Weber, Patricia Owens, Ellen Drew and Alice White. He died on 29 May 1978 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Maurice Moscovitch was born on 23 November 1871 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Great Dictator (1940), Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and Love Affair (1939). He died on 18 June 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Andy Albin was born on 25 December 1907 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963), Gable and Lombard (1976) and Mean Dog Blues (1978). He was married to Dolores Albin. He died on 27 December 1994 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jerry Austin was born on 20 July 1892 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Saratoga Trunk (1945), Adventures of Don Juan (1948) and Life of St. Paul Series (1949). He died on 15 October 1976 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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The son of a cantor, Rasumny made his stage debut at 14 and toured Europe and South America with the Moscow Art Theatre. Rasumny settled in the U.S. in 1935 and took jobs as a bill collector and dishwasher between acting jobs. His first film appearance was in 1940's Comrade X (1940). He spent the remainder of his career playing several ethnic roles.- Communist leader. He was chief theorist, a leader in both the 1905 and 1917 Russian Revolutions alongside Vladimir Lenin. As commissar for foreign affairs, Trotsky arranged the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany. He next became head of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which resulted in the deaths of over a million White Army soldiers and Cossacks, upon orders from Vladimir Lenin. He had Russian peasants and workers forcibly conscripted into the Red Army, but he proved to be a poor military leader and the Russian invasion of Poland in the 1920s was repulsed by Polish forces under Marshal Józef Pilsudski, with very heavy Russian losses. Trotsky and his arch-rival Joseph Stalin struggled for power after Lenin's death in 1924. Stalin eventually stripped Trotsky of his influence by 1929, and expelled him from Russia in 1936. Trotsky spent the rest of his life in exile, living in the home of Mexican communist artist Diego Rivera in Mexico. There he was writing and preaching revolution, until he was assassinated by Spanish communist Ramon Mercader, an assassin sent to kill Trotsky by Stalin, in 1940.
- Leanna Bartlett was born on 10 September 1985 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for The Other Woman (2014) and The Real Geezers of Beverly Hills-Adjacent (2019).
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Frances Chaney was born on 23 July 1915 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Law & Order (1990) and Life with Mikey (1993). She was married to Ring Lardner Jr. and David Ellis Lardner. She died on 23 November 2004 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Director
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Mark Donskoy was born on 6 March 1901 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938), Foma Gordeev (1959) and The Taras Family (1945). He died on 21 March 1981 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Writer
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Mel Tolkin was born on 3 April 1913 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and producer, known for All in the Family (1971), Joe's World (1979) and The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967). He was married to Edith Leibovitch. He died on 26 November 2007 in Century City, California, USA.- Actor
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Georgiy Deliev was born on 1 January 1960 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Maski Show (1991), Odesskiy podkidysh (2017) and Zwölf Stühle (2004).- Kateryna Bursikova was born on 12 January 1999 in Kherson, Ukraine. She is an actress, known for Cold Blood (2019), The Hit (2018) and The Window (2019).
- Hedda Nova was born in 1890 in Odessa, Russia by the Black Sea. She was a silent film actress for 17 years with the "Universal Film Studios Company". She did not transfer to talking films most probably because of her thick Russian accent.
- Fanya Foss was born on 4 October 1904 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Hi Ya, Sailor (1943), Affectionately Yours (1941) and Girls Under 21 (1940). She was married to Marc Lawrence. She died on 12 December 1995 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
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Larisa Latynina is a former gymnast, representing Soviet Union.
Latynina, aged only 21, made her Olympic debut at Melbourne Games in 1956. In the all-around event, she fought off stiff competition to win gold. She finished first in the vault in the apparatus finals, second in the uneven bars and in the exercise on the floor, and fourth in the balancing beam. She also led the Soviet Union in Team Event to victory.
Latynina was the favorite for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In the all-around event she led the Soviet Union to take the first four places, thereby securing a win in the team competition by a margin of nine points. Latynina defended her floor title, took silver medals in the balance beam and uneven bars events, and bronze in the vault competition.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics, Latynina added two more gold medals to her tally, winning the team event and the floor event both for the third time in a row. A silver medal and two bronzes in the other apparatus events brought her total of Olympic medals to eighteen: nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze. She won a medal in every event in which she competed, except for the 1956 balance beam where she came in fourth.
Latynina is the only woman to have won nine Olympic gold medals. She is the only female athlete who at some point has held the record for most Olympic gold medals. Additionally, within the sport of gymnastics, she is the only woman who has won an all-around medal in more than two Olympiads, the only woman who has won an individual event (floor exercise) in more than two Olympiads, and one of only three women who have won every individual event at either the World Championship or Olympic level. She is the only female gymnast to have twice won team gold, all-around gold and an event final gold at the same Olympics, having done so in 1956 and four years later, in 1960.- Actor
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Evgeniy Matveev was born on 8 March 1922 in Novoukrainka, Ukrainian SSR [now Kherson Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Lyubov zemnaya (1975), Beshenye dengi (1982) and Smertnyy vrag (1972). He died on 1 June 2003 in Moscow, Russia.- Actor
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Dave Chasen was born on 18 July 1898 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Arizona Mahoney (1936), Rain or Shine (1930) and Millions in the Air (1935). He was married to Maude Martin and Theo Holly. He died on 16 July 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Roman Karmen was born on 29 November 1906 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and art director, known for Grenada, Grenada, Grenada moya (1967), Nuremberg Trials (1946) and One Day in Soviet Russia (1941). He died on 28 April 1978 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Best remembered as Valentino's mother in "Blood and Sand," Rosanova began her career on Broadway and later played several immigrant women on the screen. In the film "Lucky Boy" (1929), George Jessell sang 'My Mother's Eyes' to her just like Al Jolson sang to Eugenie Besserer in "The Jazz Singer." With the advent of sound, her career came to an end.
- Russian novelist and playwright Valentin Katayev was born in 1897 in the Ukraine, to a middle-class background: his father was a schoolteacher and his grandfather was a general in the Czarist army. He joined the army in 1917 during World War I, was assigned to an artillery unit, and was wounded twice. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 he joined the Bolshevik side, and fought with their forces in the Ukraine against the White Russian army. His innate stubborn streak resulted in several clashes with his superiors about his not being Communist "enough", and at one point he was arrested by the Cheka--the Communist secret police--and spent almost a year in one of their prisons.
In 1922 he moved to Moscow to work, and met a woman whom he married the next year. He worked as a journalist, screenwriter and librettist for several comic operas. At one time he wrote nursery rhymes for children's' books to earn a living. His first novel, "The Embezzlers", was published in 1929, and he wrote several more hit plays, including "Squaring the Circle", a farce that has been performed more than 6,000 times in Europe and the US, and over 1000 times in Russia alone.
He died in Moscow, Russia, on April 12, 1986. - Dmitri Franko was born on 25 October 1913 in Voznesenskoye, Odessa Oblast, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Krutoe pole (1979), Utro vechera mudreneye (1981) and Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970). He died on 4 November 1982 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
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Anna Lisyanskaya was born on 1 November 1917 in Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russia [now Mykolaiv, Ukraine]. She was an actress and writer, known for Dvenadtsataya noch (1955), Lenin in Poland (1966) and Dostoyanie respubliki (1972). She died on 2 December 1999 in Arad, Israel.- Inna Shevchenko was born on 23 June 1990 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.
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Roman Bondarchuk was born on 14 January 1982 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. Roman is a cinematographer and producer, known for Volcano (2018), Ukrainian Sheriffs (2015) and Evromaidan. Chornovy montazh (2014).- Charles Neider was born on 18 January 1915 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for One-Eyed Jacks (1961) and Unterwegs zur Familie Mann (2001). He was married to Joan Merrick. He died on 4 July 2001 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
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Yevgeni Petrov was born Evgeni Petrovich Kataev on November 30, 1902, in Odessa, Russian Empire (Now Odesa, Ukraine). His father, named Petr Kataev, was a teacher. Petrov graduated from Classical Gymnasium in 1920, and became a news correspondent for the Ukrainian Telegraph Agency. From 1921-1923 he was a criminologist and homicide inspector in Odessa. In 1923 Petrov moved to Moscow and became a journalist in a Soviet magazine "Krasny Perets" (Red Pepper). With the help from his brother, Valentin Kataev, who was already a popular writer, Petrov made connections in the Moscow literary milieu.
In 1925 he met Ilya Ilf and a year later they started writing together. Their first novel titled 'Dvenadtsat Stulev' (Twelve Chairs) was published in 1928. It's main character, named Ostap Bender, became a popular synonym for a charming and smooth criminal. The book had instant success with the general public, but was bashed by the Soviet critics, because it satirized the loss of civility and degradation of cultural values in the Soviet Union. The book was praised by such writers as Vladimir Mayakovsky and later by Vladimir Nabokov. Their second novel by Ilf and Petrov was 'Zolotoi Telenok' (Golden Calf), published in 1931, in a magazine, then in 1933, as a book. Both novels became bestsellers in the Soviet Union. Several film and TV adaptations were made in the Soviet Union by such directors as Leonid Gaidai and Mark Zakharov, among others. In 1970, an American adaptation was made by director Mel Brooks starring Frank Langella as Ostap Bender. The character of Ostap Bender was portrayed by such renown Russian actors as Sergey Yurskiy, Archil Gomiashvili, Andrey Mironov, and Oleg Menshikov.
In 1933-1934 Ilf and Petrov traveled across Europe. In 1935 they made a journey by car about the United States, which gave them material for a popular book 'Odnoetazhnaya Amerika' (The One-Storey America 1937). Ilya Ilf died of tuberculosis on April 13, 1937. His partner, Yevgeni Petrov, died in a plane crash on July 2, 1942, on a flight from Sevastopol to Moscow.
In 1948 Andrei Zhdanov attacked many Soviet intellectuals and banned the books of Ilf and Petrov among others. The Communist Party ordered their books banned and removed from all public libraries across the Soviet Union. Eight years later the ban was lifted during the political "Thaw" initiated by Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.- Helena Makowska was born on 2 March 1893 in Krivoy Rog, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Hamlet (1917), The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and Der Schuß im Pavillon (1925). She was married to Botteril, Julian Makowski and Karl Falckenberg. She died on 22 August 1964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Konstantin Listov was born in 1900 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for That's My Baby! (1944), A u nas byla tishina... (1978) and Man with a Movie Camera (1929). He died on 6 September 1983 in the USSR.- Writer
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Ilya Ilf was born Ilya Arnoldovich Fayzilberg on October 15, 1897, in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Odesa, Ukraine). His father, named Arnold Fayzilberg, was a clerk at a bank. In 1913, he graduated from a Technical School. He worked as a clerk, a telephone technician, and had various industrial jobs in Odessa. After the Russian Revolution, he became an accountant and statistician, then joined a satirical magazine 'Sindetikon' and became a journalist. He published his first poems under a female pseudonym.
In 1923, Ilf moved to Moscow and became staff journalist for the 'Gudok'newspaper. There he met such writers, as Mikhail A. Bulgakov and Yuriy Olesha among others. In 1925, he met Yevgeni Petrov, and a year later, they started writing together. Their first novel titled 'Dvenadtsat Stulev' (Twelve Chairs) was published in 1928. Its main character, named Ostap Bender, became a popular synonym for a charming and smooth criminal. The book had instant success with the general public but was bashed by the Soviet critics because it satirized the loss of civility and described degradation of cultural values in the Soviet Union. The book was praised by such writers as Vladimir Mayakovsky and later by Vladimir Nabokov. Their second novel by Ilf and Petrov was 'Zolotoi Telenok' (Golden Calf), published in 1931, in a magazine, then in 1933, as a book. Both novels became best sellers in the Soviet Union. Several film and TV adaptations were made in the Soviet Union by such directors as Leonid Gaidai and Mark Zakharov, among others. In 1970, an American adaptation was made by director Mel Brooks starring Frank Langella as Ostap Bender. The character Ostap Bender was portrayed by such renown Russian actors as Sergey Yurskiy, Archil Gomiashvili, Andrey Mironov, and Oleg Menshikov.
During 1933-1934, Ilf and Petrov traveled across Europe. In 1935, they made a journey by car about the United States, which gave them material for a popular book 'Odnoetazhnaya Amerika' (The One-Story America 1937). Ilya Ilf died of tuberculosis on April 13, 1937. His partner, Yevgeni Petrov, died in a plane crash on July 2, 1942, on a flight from Sevastopol to Moscow.
In 1948, Andrei Zhdanov attacked many Soviet intellectuals and banned the books of Ilf and Petrov among others. The Communist Party ordered their books banned and removed from all public libraries across the Soviet Union. Eight years later, the ban was lifted during the political "Thaw" initiated by Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.- Writer
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Songwriter ("Beer Barrel Polka", "Sonny Boy", "The Thrill is Gone"), composer, author, publisher and producer, he came to the USA in 1898 and was educated at DeWitt Clinton High School in New York. In 1925, he joined Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson as a songwriting team and music publishers. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "George White's Scandals" (1925, 1926, 1928 and 1931), "Manhattan Mary", "Good News", "Hold Everything", "Three Cheers" and "Follow Through", and was also co-librettist for "Flying High", "Hot-Cha", "Strike Me Pink" and "Yokel Boy" (also producer-director). In 1929 he sold the publishing firm and went to Hollywood under contract to Fox. Joining ASCAP in 1921, his other musical collaborators included Albert Von Tilzer, Con Conrad, Moe Jaffe, Sidney Clare, Harry Warren, Cliff Friend, Harry Akst, Jay Gorney, Louis Alter, Harold Arlen, Sammy Fain, Sammy Stept, and Charles Tobias. His other song compositions include "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl", "Oh, by Jingo!", "I Used to Love You but It's All Over Now", "Dapper Dan", "Wait Until You See My Madeline", "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain", "Last Night on the Back Porch", "Shine", "Don't Bring Lulu", "Then I'll Be Happy", "Collegiate", "Lucky Day", "Birth of the Blues", "Black Bottom", "It All Depends on You", "Manhattan Mary", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Good News", "The Varsity Drag", "Just Imagine", "Lucky in Love", "Broken Hearted", "Just a Memory", "So Blue", "I'm on the Crest of a Wave", "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "You Wouldn't Fool Me", "My Lucky Star", "Together", "My Sin", "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?", "Sunny Side Up", If I Had a Talking Picture of You", "Little Pal", "Without Love", "Thank Your Father", "Red Hot Chicago", "You Try Somebody Else", "My Song", "The Thrill is Gone", "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "This Is the Missus", "Strike Me Pink", "I've Got to Pass Your House", "Baby, Take a Bow", "If Love Makes Me Give Up Steak and Potatoes", "The Lady Dances", "Love Is Never Out of Season", "That Old Feeling", "Down Home Rag", "Comes Love", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else but Me", I Came Here to Talk for Joe", "I Dug a Ditch in Wichita", "The Beer that I Left on the Bar", "Oh, Ma-Ma", and Madam, I Love Your Crepe Suzette".- George Sorel was born on 24 March 1901 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Navy Secrets (1939), Swiss Miss (1938) and Espionage (1937). He died on 19 January 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Georgiy Babenko was born on 4 March 1909 in Odessa, Odessa uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Odessa Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Surovye dni (1933), Khlib i sil (1971) and Sto tysyach (1958). He died on 13 March 1977 in Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine].
- Rita Gould was born on 8 August 1890 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Girls' Dormitory (1936), He Couldn't Say No (1938) and The Big Combo (1955). She died on 15 March 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Dmitri Leshchenko was born on 25 October 1876 in Nikolaev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Pianist (2002) and Congestion (1918). He died on 9 November 1937 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Louis 'Red' Deutsch was born on 16 September 1895 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. Louis 'Red' was a writer, known for Red (1993). Louis 'Red' died on 11 September 1985 in Broward, Florida, USA.
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David Victor was born on 22 August 1910 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a producer and writer, known for Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), Gunsmoke (1955) and The Spy in the Green Hat (1967). He died on 18 October 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
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Nicholas Brodszky was born on 20 April 1905 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Money Talks (1997), Sleepers (1996) and Heavenly Creatures (1994). He died on 24 December 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Yuri Shumsky was born on 17 November 1887 in Tiraspol, Tiraspol uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Moldova]. He was an actor, known for The Victors and the Vanquished (1949), Bennie the Howl (1927) and Vasya reformator (1926). He died on 7 June 1954 in Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine].
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Georges Wakhévitch was born on 18 August 1907 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a production designer and costume designer, known for La tragédie de Carmen (1983), Personal Column (1939) and Louise (1939). He died on 11 February 1984 in Paris, France.- Konstantin Dankevich was born on 24 December 1905 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Lileya (1959), Eskadrilya No. 5 (1939) and Rozhdyonnye burey (1958). He died on 26 February 1984 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
- Edmund Morris was born on 22 September 1912 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Channing (1963), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956) and Rocky King, Detective (1950). He died on 6 January 1998 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Sam A. Perry, born Samuel A. Perlstein in Odessa, Russia in 1884. His education included: University of Odessa,and Royal Academy of Musical and Theatrical Arts, Vienna. He was a concert pianist who toured throughout Europe. Sam spent 12 years as general musical director and recording manager for Conorized Music Co. of New York. He authored over 500 diversified compositions - symphonic poems, classic and popular songs. He created several instructional manuals for harmonica which where used in schools throughout the United States. Sam entered the motion picture industry through David H. Broekman of Universal Pictures in1929. He was chief assistant to Broekman and a staff composer at Universal in 1930-31. He composed complete scores for "The Jade Box" (1930), "Tarzan the Tiger" (1929), and "Lightning Express" (1930). Sam composed incidental music for the 1929 part-talkie reissue of: "The Phantom of the Opera" , "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) foreign version, and "Hell's Heroes" (1930) among others. He was married to Louise Perry and they had one child, Robert born 1921, died 1991. Sam died in Hollywood, California on November 1, 1936. He is survived by three granddaughters and six great-grandchildren.- Minerva Pious was born on 5 March 1903 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Edge of Night (1956), It's in the Bag! (1945) and Joe MacBeth (1955). She died on 16 March 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.