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- Amanda Peterson was born on July 8, in Greeley, Colorado. With a natural beauty, powerful charm and a strong personality this talented and truly gifted actress began her career in film industry at age 9, with the feature film Annie (1982), directed by Academy Award-winner John Huston. To participate in "Annie", she had to persuade her mother and then compete in a casting which included more than 8000 girls. She is the youngest of three children, she has a sister, Ann-Marie Peterson, and a brother, Rev. Jim Peterson. Her mother, Sylvia Peterson, is a full-time mother and housewife and her father, James Peterson, is a doctor. Starting in 1981, Amanda had guest starring roles in television series such as Father Murphy (1981), Silver Spoons (1982) and Boone (1983). In 1985, she played alongside with Oscar nominee River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke, a four-time Oscar nominee, in Joe Dante fantasy-fable Explorers (1985). At 14 years of age this precocious young actress, had already participated in over 50 television commercials, three television series and four movies. She was also an active member of the Greeley Saddle Club, and horse riding was one of her passions since childhood. She met her greatest international success in 1987 with the comedy movie Can't Buy Me Love (1987), directed by Steve Rash. Amanda received critical praise worldwide and demonstrated that her skills were maturing into older roles. In 1987, in Chile, Amanda acted with her elder sister, Ann-Marie Peterson, Jsu Garcia and Xander Berkeley in the post-apocalyptic movie The Lawless Land (1988), directed by Jon Hess and produced by Academy Award-winner Roger Corman. In 1988, for her outstanding acting in the Emmy Award-winning television series A Year in the Life (1986), Amanda Peterson won the Young Artist Award in the category of Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Drama Series. These awards are often referred to as the Young Oscars. A year later she acted opposite Roy Scheider, two-time Oscar nominee, in the profound and moving drama Listen to Me (1989), directed by Oscar nominee Douglas Day Stewart. She also drew praise for is her performance in the excellent thriller Fatal Charm (1990), directed by Fritz Kiersch. In 1994, after participating in the memorable contemporary drama film Windrunner (1994), she decided to leave the entertainment industry. Amanda's work involves several genres, from western to romance, science fiction to thrillers, and from dramas to comedies.
Amanda found admirers on a global scale, with her delightful work. With her strong presence and dedication, she demonstrated a gift for portraying emotion and vulnerability, while immersing herself in here roles, while bringing here unique personality, an attribute that only the best actors have. In a Perfect World Amanda would have delivered many more quality character interpretations, whether in film or on television. With her movies she achieved immortality in the hearts of all who witnessed her work since her childhood. As Leonard Maltin, the most respected and recognized historian and film critic in America, once said - "Amanda Peterson is excellent". There is no doubt about that. After all, Amanda Peterson is one of the most talented and beautiful actress of her time and considered by many a legend. On July 3, 2015, Amanda Peterson died at her home in Greeley, Colorado, at the age 43 from an accidental morphine overdose. - Actress
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Diana Douglas was born on 22 January 1923 in Devonshire, Bermuda. She was an actress, known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Remington Steele (1982) and The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951). She was married to Donald Albert Webster, Bill Darrid and Kirk Douglas. She died on 3 July 2015 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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With eye-catching good looks, blond Lithuanian-born actor Jacques Sernas (aka Jack Sernas) is best known for cutting a fine figure in European costumers and spectacles in the 1950s and 1960s. Born on July 30, 1925, his father died when he was a year old and the boy would be raised by his mother in Paris. After schooling there he joined up as a French Resistance fighter during W.W.II. Captured by German forces and imprisoned for over a year in Buchenwald, he was eventually freed.
Sernas originally studied medicine in the early postwar years but acting soon caught his fancy. He made an unbilled movie debut in the French film Miroir (1947) starring Jean Gabin. In the years to come Italian/European action films would dominate his screen time. Audience attention grew in proportion with a variety of comedies, dramas, costumers and adventures including Lost Youth (1948) [Lost Youth]; Stolen Affections (1948) [Stolen Affections]; Il falco rosso (1949) [The Red Falcon] in which he played the title role; Bluebeard (1951); the costumed romancer Anita Garibaldi (1952) [Anita Garibaldi]; and Lulù (1953) co-starring with Valentina Cortese.
The actor hit major international attention after being cast as Paris opposite sex sirens Rossana Podestà and Brigitte Bardot in Helen of Troy (1956) and Hollywood itself took brief notice, handing him a starring role in the Warner Bros. war film Jump Into Hell (1955) and a few TV guest parts. When nothing came of it, he returned to Italy and was for the most part relegated to supporting characters, making one lasting impression as a fading matinée idol in Fellini's masterpiece La Dolce Vita (1960).
Other Italian/European films in and around this decade included Goddess of Love (1957) co-starring Belinda Lee; The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959); Duel of Champions (1961) starring Alan Ladd; The Centurion (1961) in which he co-starred with John Drew Barrymore; Duel of the Titans (1961) starring musclemen Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott; 55 Days at Peking (1963) starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner, which filmed in Spain; The Secret Agents (1965) [aka The Dirty Game] starring Henry Fonda, which filmed in Germany; the "spaghetti western" Fort Yuma Gold (1966), Midas Run (1969) starring Fred Astaire and Richard Crenna, which filmed in Italy and England; and the Italian/US co-production Hornets' Nest (1970), a war drama starring Rock Hudson.
As the years rolled by Sernas was seen less and less on film and more and more on Italian TV. Into the millennium he appeared in a few elderly roles, one being a 2003 TV movie about Pope John XXIII. Jacques died at age 89 on July 3, 2015 in Rome.- Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera was an actor, known for A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972), Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) and The Other Christopher (1963). He died on 3 July 2015 in Habana, Cuba.
- Ivan Palúch was born on 20 June 1940 in Zvolen, Slovakia. He was an actor, known for Racha, chemi sikvaruli (1977), The Ear (1970) and It Rains in My Village (1968). He died on 3 July 2015 in Martin, Slovakia.
- Krystyna Siesicka was born on 22 November 1928 in Deblin, Lubelskie, Poland. Krystyna was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Jezioro osobliwosci (1973) and Lukasz (1974). Krystyna died on 3 July 2015 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Dolgan Sezer was born in 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress. She died on 3 July 2015 in Bursa, Turkey.
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György Szabad was born on 4 August 1924 in Arad, Romania. He is known for The Revolt of Job (1983), Égetö Eszter (1989) and A kétségbeesés méltósága (1998). He was married to Andrea Sujan. He died on 3 July 2015 in Budapest, Hungary.- Boyd K. Packer was born on 10 September 1924 in Brigham City, Utah, USA. He was married to Donna Edith Smith. He died on 3 July 2015 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, USA.
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Ralph Lamb was born on 10 April 1927 in Alamo, Nevada, USA. He is known for Kojak (1973), Vegas (2012) and Building Vegas (2013). He was married to Rae Cornell. He died on 3 July 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Jonathan Yingst was born on 23 June 1955 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Director's Cut! (2010). He died on 3 July 2015.
- Steven Benson was married to Debra Franks Larsen. He died on 3 July 2015 in Perry, Florida, USA.
- John A. Williams was born on 5 December 1925 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer, known for Sweet Love, Bitter (1967), The Sophisticated Gents (1981) and The Creative Person (1966). He was married to Lorrain Isaac and Carolyn Clopton. He died on 3 July 2015 in Paramus, New Jersey, USA.
- Ramiz Rama was born on 21 July 1938 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Një natë pa dritë (1981), Flaka e maleve (1983) and Gjaku i Arbërit (1985). He died on 3 July 2015 in Tirana, Albania.