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Jack Schwartzman was born on 22 July 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Never Say Never Again (1983), Being There (1979) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987). He was married to Talia Shire and Judith Deborah Feldman. He died on 15 June 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
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The names of Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis have been written with golden letters in the music history of Greece since 1960. He was born in Xanthi on 23 October 1925, in a mid-class family. When he came of age he came in the capital city of Greece of Athens. He succeeded from the beginning when he made the high class of Greece to accept the Rebetiko, a popular kind of music. His love for this great music resulted in two great LP's - 'Lilacs On The Dead Earth', and 'Cruel April Of 45'.
He worked with director Karolos Koun and he wrote excellent music for such plays as 'A Streetcar Named Desire', starring Melina Mercouri and Vasilis Diamantopoulos. From this collaboration a great classic song resulted, named 'Paper Moon-Xartino To Feggaraki'. He also wrote music for the Greek National Theatre.
In the following years Hadjidakis created a personal style which no one can forget. He wrote music for films like Stella (1955), Madalena (1960), Maiden's Cheek (1959), I Aliki sto Naftiko (1961), creating massive successes. The first golden disc was given to Manos and Aliki Vougiouklaki for the song "The Grey Cat (To grizo gati)" from the film "To xylo vgike apo ton Paradeiso".
He gained worldwide popularity with his collaboration with Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin in 1960 for the film Never on Sunday (1960), and he even won an Oscar. He wrote music for other international films like Elia Kazan's America America (1963), Andrew Marton's It Happened in Athens (1962), Dassin's Topkapi (1964), Peter Ustinov's Memed My Hawk (1984).
In 1963 he staged "A Street Of Dreams (Odos Oneiron)", with Minos Argyrakis, which was considered a milestone in Greek Theatre. In the later years, he humorously denied "Never On Sunday's" popularity and tried to produce more sophisticated works with the help of the poet and lyricist Nikos Gatsos. He became one of best Greek composers, and together with Mikis Theodorakis they are the founders of the temporary Greek Music.
During 1966-1972 he lived in the United States where he wrote the "Magnus Eroticus" LP, which was poems of ancients and temporary poets like Sapfo, Odysseas Elytis, Myrtiotissa etc. He also produced instrumental LP's, like the excellent "The smile of Jokonda". Manos was great friend of persons like Seferis, Elytis (2 Nobel winners poets), Sikelianos, Gatsos (poets), Vougiouklaki (actress), Koun (director), Melina Mercouri (actress, politician), with which they did have a love-hate relationship.
He wrote 4 books and he created the Orchestra Of Colours (I Orhistra ton Hromaton), for some years he was the director of the 3rd program of the Greek Radio channel.
Manos Hadjidakis died on June 15 1994, a lovely summer afternoon. He was one of the greatest composers of Greece, and he is surely missed.- Actress
Clara Colosimo was born on 23 May 1922 in Conegliano, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for 1900 (1976), Tepepa (1969) and Il mostro (1977). She died on 15 June 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Ahmet Kostarika was born in 1927 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Karate Girl (1973), Neseli Günler (1978) and Paramparça (1985). He died on 15 June 1994 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Pyotr Cherkashin was born on 9 October 1961 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Malchishki ekhali na front (1975), Pust on ostanetsya s nami (1974) and Tigry na ldu (1971). He died on 15 June 1994.
- Bob Molock was born on 14 June 1932 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Death by Invitation (1971). He died on 15 June 1994 in New York, New York, USA.
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Orféo Tamburi was born on 28 May 1910 in Jesi, Marche, Italy. He was an actor and costume designer, known for The Forbidden Christ (1951), The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) and Le modelle di via Margutta (1946). He died on 15 June 1994 in Paris, France.