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- Katina Paxinou was born in 1900, in Piraeus, Greece. She first appeared on stage in 1928, in an Athens production of Henry Bataille's "La femme nue". In the early 1930's she was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece (previously named Royal Theatre) and performed several major roles in Sophocles' "Electra", Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" etc, often co-starring with her husband, Alexis Minotis. The outbreak of the Second World War found her in UK; she later managed to arrive at the US, where she was offered her first film role in 1943 in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). For her superb portrayal of the Spanish revolutionary Pilar in this classic film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel, she won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and a Golden Globe in 1944. She made a few more Hollywood movies, before returning to Greece in the early 1950's. During 1950 - 1971, some of her great performances were as Jocasta in Sophocles's "Oedipus Rex" (1951, 1952, 1955 and 1958, also staged at that time on Broadway with enormous success), as Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg in Christopher Fry's "The Dark Is Light Enough" (1957), as Clara Zachanassian in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "The Visit" (1961), as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (1965) and in the title roles of Euripides' "Hecuba" (1955) and Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" (1971). She also starred in some other movies; she was particularly touching as the Italian matriarch in the Luchino Visconti masterpiece Rocco and His Brothers (1960). She died of cancer in 1973 and is justly considered as the greatest Greek actress of the 20th century.
- Hope Landin was born on 3 May 1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for I Remember Mama (1948), Scaramouche (1952) and New York Confidential (1955). She died on 22 February 1973 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Elizabeth Bowen was born on 7 June 1899 in Dublin, Ireland. She was a writer, known for Shades of Darkness (1983), Camera Three (1955) and Theatre 70 (1960). She was married to Alan Charles Cameron. She died on 22 February 1973 in London, England, UK.
- Bedri Çavusoglu was born on 1 January 1900 in Turkey. He was an actor, known for Efkârliyim Abiler (1966), Yangin var: Eski Istanbul kabadayilari (1960) and Hak yerini bulur (1961). He died on 22 February 1973.
- Winthrop Rockefeller is an American politician and philanthropist, who served as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He was a third-generation member of the Rockefeller family.
Winthrop Rockefeller was born in New York, to philanthropists John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich (1874-1948). Winthrop attended Yale University (1931-34). Prior to attending Yale, he graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. In early 1941, he enlisted in the Army. As a soldier of the 77th Infantry Division, he fought in World War II, advancing from Private to Lieutenant Colonel. He earned a Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart for his actions aboard the troopship USS Henrico, after a kamikaze attack during the invasion of Okinawa. His image appears in the Infantry Officer Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Rockefeller moved to central Arkansas in 1953 and established Winrock Enterprises and Winrock Farms atop Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton in Conway County. In 1955, Faubus appointed Rockefeller chairman of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Rockefeller initiated a number of philanthropies and projects. He financed the building of a model school at Morrilton and led efforts to establish a Fine Arts Center in the capital city of Little Rock. He financed the construction of medical clinics in some of the state's poorest counties, in addition to making annual gifts to the state's colleges and universities. These philanthropic activities continue to this day through the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. - Jean-Jacques Bertrand was born on 20 June 1916 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec, Canada. He died on 22 February 1973 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Fritz Gottfurcht was born on 8 August 1901 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and producer, known for It Happened One Sunday (1944), The Girl in the Taxi (1937) and Let's Be Happy (1957). He was married to Dorothea Gotfurt. He died on 22 February 1973 in London, England, UK.- Ilonka Nagy was born on 26 July 1892 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Soha, többé, mindörökké (1917), A szobalány (1917) and Jó éjt, Muki! (1916). She died on 22 February 1973 in Balatonszepezd, Hungary.