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Michael Higgins was born on 20 January 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for State and Main (2000), Angel Heart (1987) and School Ties (1992). He was married to Elizabeth Lee Goodwin. He died on 5 November 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Producer
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One of India's most respected film personalities, Baldev Raj Chopra (better known as B.R. Chopra) has been an architect of what is now known as the golden era of the Bollywood industry. Having converted offbeat stories into immortal classics like Waqt (1965) and Naya Daur (1957), he commands high regard in the world film fraternity.
B.R. Chopra was born in Lahore, 1914, to an accountant in the PWD administration of the British Punjab administration. After graduating, he did his M.A. degree in English Literature from Lahore University. . Having a deep-rooted fascination for films, he switched over from a higher education to film journalism, surprising his family. He began his celluloid career writing and editing film reviews for the Cine Herald journal.
When the partition of India occurred in 1947, B.R. became a victim of communal riots. His house having been burnt down, he migrated to Bombay to live up to his dreams. In 1949, he produced his first film Karwat (1949). Unfortunately, it turned out to be a flop. In 1951, he tried again as the producer and director of the film Afsana (1951) and hit gold. His movie, a tale of mistaken identity with Ashok Kumar in a double role, was a runaway hit and went on to celebrate its silver jubilee.
Encouraged by this success, B.R. formed his production company, B.R. Films, in 1955, and started off on a roll with the release of Ek-Hi-Rasta (1956), a drama about widow remarriage. He churned out a string of successful films, the most notable being Naya Daur (1957), Sadhna (1958), Kanoon (1960), Gumrah (1963) and Hamraaz (1967). He also gave his younger brother, Yash Chopra, his first directorial opportunity with the box-office hit Dhool Ka Phool (1959) and in the subsequent years Yash made four more films for B.R., including Waqt (1965) and Ittefaq (1969).
B.R. has always endeavored to make socially relevant films, which at the same time try to cater to popular sentiment. For instance, Naya Daur (1957) told the story of a traditional rural community threatened with modernism and mechanism; B.R. perceives mechanism as evil and has the protagonist, a horse carriage rider, defeat an automobile in a race! B.R. has also made films that were regarded as ahead of their time - Kanoon (1960) was a courtroom drama without any songs at all (music being essential of all Hindi films, this was a novel technique); _Gumrah (1963)_qv told the tale of a woman resuming her affair after marriage; and Ittefaq (1969) showed the heroine as a murderess of her own husband!
B.R. continued to make films into the 1970s and 1980s, and met success with Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980), focusing on the issue of rape, and Nikaah (1982), a Muslim love triangle. His son Ravi did try to keep the banner going but none of the films did well except for Aaj Ki Awaz (1984), another courtroom tale, and the family epic Baghban (2003). However, B.R. Films turned to television in 1985 and made several successful television programs, the most successful of the being the serial Mahabharat (1988), based on the Hindu epic. Perhaps the most popular serial in the history of Indian cinema, it entered the Guinness Book of World Records by registering 96% world viewer ship. In 1999, B.R. was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema.
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Susan Coppola (born Susan Marion Coppola) was the first-born daughter of Anton Coppola and Marion Jane Miller. After their divorce, Susan was raised almost exclusively by her mother. She married at the age of 19 to Henry Jones and had a daughter, Kristin Coppola (born Jones, had an official name change post-divorce). They divorced after only two years of marriage, and she moved to Los Angeles. She dated Corey Allen (a.k.a. Alan Cohen), a television director and acting teacher. She also briefly had a realtionship with Ray Brown, a jazz musician and producer at A & M Records, while she was working there under Quincy Jones. She had a daughter with Brown, Corinne Marie Coppola. Years later, she married Daniel Kuhn and was with him until her death. She wrote and directed a film called Kill They Neighbor.- Actress
Milú was born on 24 April 1926 in Lisbon, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Barrio (1947), Viela, Rua Sem Sol (1947) and Vidas Sem Rumo (1956). She was married to Luís de Magalhães Coutinho Nobre Guedes and de Lemos. She died on 5 November 2008 in Cascais, Portugal.- Sound Department
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Stephen Dalby was born on 8 December 1910 in Swindon, England, UK. He is known for Repulsion (1965), A Hard Day's Night (1964) and The Ladykillers (1955). He died on 5 November 2008 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.- Akira Murao was a writer, known for Godzilla 1985 (1985), Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992) and The Return of Godzilla (1984). He died on 5 November 2008 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
- Leena Härmä was born on 9 January 1914 in Tampere, Finland. She was a writer, known for Pinsiön parooni (1962) and Virtaset ja Lahtiset (1959). She died on 5 November 2008 in Tampere, Finland.
- Joe Wendryhoski was born on 1 March 1938 in West Frankfort, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Number One (1969) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He died on 5 November 2008 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, USA.
- John Leonard was born on 25 February 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Sue Nessel and Christiana Morison. He died on 5 November 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.