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- Ellen Atterbury was born on 22 June 1915 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Joy in the Morning (1965), High School Big Shot (1959) and It's a Man's World (1962). She was married to Malcolm Atterbury. She died on 12 February 1994 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
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Rahela Ferari was born on 27 August 1911 in Zemun, Austria-Hungary [now Serbia]. She was an actress, known for TV teatar (1956), Ivanov (1987) and Deset zapovesti (1970). She was married to Aleksandar Stojkovic. She died on 12 February 1994 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.- Actor
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Rafael Durán Espayaldo was born in Madrid on 15 December, 1911.
He tried to pursue a military career, wanting to join the Navy, but was unsuccessful. Then he started Engineering studies, but left them for show business. He worked first as dancer then meritorio (extra) in theatre plays (1932), going from modest companies to those of Irene López Heredia and Gonzalo Delgrás-Margarita Robles. There he met Estrellita Castro, his future costar in the picture that was to be the first for both, Rosario la cortijera (1935), a drama set in a bull-breeding background.
During the Spanish Civil War he fought with the National (Franco's) side, joining the Falange and thus being in an advantaged political position in post-war industry. His distinctive voice, with a strong clear diction, also brought him to dubbing pictures for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Acústica studio, managed by Delgrás. There he was the Spanish voice for Cary Grant. As he also had good looks and a martial air, Delgrás offered him a role in his picture La tonta del bote (1939), where he was paired with Josita Hernán. From his first picture he had significant roles, soon becoming one of the main leading men of Spanish postwar cinema. "La tonta del bote" became so successful that he and Josita would team together in several pictures afterwards, also partnering in a theatrical company.
During the 40s he acted in comedies and dramas with equal success, co-starring with the main actresses of the time : Lina Yegros (Un marido a precio fijo (1942), Luchy Soto (Tuvo la culpa Adán (1944), Marta Santaolalla (Mosquita en palacio (1943) and Amparo Rivelles among them. With Amparo Rivelles he made two of the most popular pictures of the decade, the comedy Eloísa está debajo de un almendro (1943) and Pedro Antonio de Alarcón's heavy costume drama The Nail (1944). They would repeat a similar style in La fe (1947), pertaining to the religious genre. Another of his leading ladies was Conchita Montes in another successful comedy, La vida en un hilo (1945). In fact he was teamed with practically every main actress of the period, like Paola Barbara in one more Alarcón's story, The Prodigal Woman (1946). For this performance he was given the Motion Picture Writer's (Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos) award. He got married and had a daughter. In 1949 he and Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent founded Intercontinental Films Productions. In the 50s he slowly backed to supporting roles, but worked regularly and remained popular with audiences.
His roles were usually commanding and energetic, and his serious air made him equally good in comedy and drama. Not to forget the typical Spanish genre of those times, historical pictures like Jeromín (1953) (where he starred with dramatic actress Ana Mariscal). In the 50s another genre was gaining prominence, crime pictures, known as cine policíaco (detective stories, Spanish noir). Durán would add them to his already wide repertory, and would make several good ones. Like the Portuguese coproduction Três Espelhos (1947), or the interesting newspaper multi-story Séptima página (1951) where he had the connecting role.
In 1965 he retired from acting. He died peacefully in Seville on 12 February 1994 of cancer.
He had a good timing for comedy, a polished looks and firm voice, and a characteristic gesture of raising one brow which, along with his style of acting and dubbing precedent, won him the familiar name of "The Spanish Cary Grant".- Sue Rodriguez was a Canadian right-to-die advocate who suffered from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was diagnosed in 1992 and she was told that she would live at most 3 more years. She appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada to allow a doctor to assist her in committing suicide. The court ruled 5-4 against her case. However, Rodriguez had an anonymous doctor assist her in euthanising her. On February 12, 1994, she died, aged 40 years.
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Marvin Miller was born on 8 June 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Last Detail (1973) and The Bill Cosby Show (1969). He died on 12 February 1994.- Judd studied at the Art Students' League in New York from 1947 to 1962. From 1949 to 1953 he studied philosophy and from 1957 to 1962 he studied art history at Columbia University in New York. His artistic beginnings lie in painting, which was continued in 1961 with relief-like images. He then developed further into sculpture and created his first free-standing floor piece in 1962. He realized his large-format works as individual pieces or multiple pieces in wood or metal, as well as a mix of materials with colored or painted Plexiglas. With these works he became the most important representative of minimal art.
In exhibitions he staged the arrangement as a row above, next to or behind one another with even spacing. Artistically, Judd devoted himself to defining spaces and realized various types of spaces in large, small or box format. He proceeded according to the architectural principle by first creating a schematic draft and then following up with a construction plan and a working drawing. In this last stage before creation, Judd also planned the material of his art object, which he made in plywood or aluminum. In the area of free sculpture he also used concrete. The spatial concept is the focus of his object productions, which is why the artist avoided details and decor as a typical feature of his work in this regard.
Judd's concept of space was defined by space itself, with the right angle being a central element and for him associated with precision and unerring clarity. The open spatial concept that he transferred to architecture moves within the boundaries of the horizontal and the vertical as gravity. In addition to his important architectural designs for the library of the Mansana de Chinati, his studio building and several housing estates, he turned to furniture designs. His practical artistic and architectural work was accompanied by numerous theoretical and critical writings. His art theoretical essays such as "Specific Objects" (1965) were of crucial relevance.
For example, he contributed art-critical writings to the magazine "Art News" between 1959 and 1965. Later, his critical observations affected the contemporary art world. - Writer
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José Castellar was born in 1924 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for Teledrama (1955), O Ébrio (1965) and Na Noite do Passado (1957). He was married to Heloísa Castellar. He died on 12 February 1994 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Lifelong devotees of the macabre, twins Alan & Mark Upchurch were born in Durham, North Carolina and began their filmmaking careers in 1971, when the family acquired an 8mm movie camera. Upon Graduating Alan used his mastery of languages to pursue a career as a freelance translator. In 1993 he curated the first American retrospectives of Barbara Steele and Italian film director Mario Bava. Diagnosed with AIDS, he was in the process of researching a book about Steele when his final illness overtook him. He returned home, where his parents cared for him until his death at age 37.
- Richard Duschinsky was born on 23 July 1897 in Vienna, Austria. He was a writer and actor, known for ...und das ist die Hauptsache!? (1931), ITV Play of the Week (1955) and Ssanin (1924). He was married to Lilli Lohrer. He died on 12 February 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.