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- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the duo's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. Lewis was also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Venice Film Festival, and he had two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented. On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Jerry died on August 20, 2017, in Las Vegas.- Gagan Kang was an actor, known for Sanam Hum Aapke Hain... (2009), Who's There? (2011) and The Real Cyanide. He died on 20 August 2017 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Gordon Williams was born on 20 June 1934 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Straw Dogs (2011), Straw Dogs (1971) and Hazell (1978). He was married to Claerwen Jones. He died on 20 August 2017.
- Félix Santaella was born on 29 April 1941 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Malditos polleros (1985), El amarrador (1991) and Pistoleros asesinos (1986). He died on 20 August 2017 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Actress
- Costume Designer
- Writer
Margot Hielscher was born on 29 September 1919 in Charlottenburg [now Berlin], Germany. She was an actress and costume designer, known for Wälsungenblut (1965), Das schwarz-weiß-rote Himmelbett (1962) and Hallo, Fräulein! (1949). She was married to Friedrich Meyer. She died on 20 August 2017 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Sotiraq Çili was born on 15 March 1942 in Korçë, Albania. He was an actor, known for Gjeneral gramafoni (1978), Karnavalet (1980) and Montatorja (1970). He died on 20 August 2017 in Tirana, Albania.
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Mark Fitzgibbons was born in 1952. Mark was a production designer, known for I Am Legend (2007), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) and The Lovely Bones (2009). Mark died on 20 August 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.- Haydée Tosta was born on 16 March 1943 in San Juan de los Morros, Guárico, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Barbarita (1982) and Radio Rochela (1959). She died on 20 August 2017 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Director
- Writer
Bernard De Rycke was a director and writer, known for Koffie (2016), Endurance (2015) and In a Landscape (2015). Bernard died on 20 August 2017 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium.- Nicole Besnard was born on 23 May 1928 in Grenoble, Isère, France. She was an actress, known for An der schönen blauen Donau (1955), The Sinners (1949) and Beauty and the Devil (1950). She died on 20 August 2017 in Porspoder, Finistère, France.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Spanish actress born in Madrid on 13 December 1923, into the bosom of a poor family. Her mother was the one who inculcated her artistic gifts. She entered the Conservatory, where she studied singing and music. Still being an adolescent, she entered a children's company performing shows for children at the 'Teatro Español de la Plaza de Santa Ana' in Madrid. This way, she was hired several times to act in groups or with little roles in the classic theatre plays offered by Cayetano Luca de Tena, who was the director of the theatre at that time. She had her first chance with a part at Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. In 1944 she won a radio song contest, and then she was hired, together with Tony Leblanc, by the company owned by Lola Flores and Manolo Caracol, to play as secondary stars or 'Vedettes Americaines'. That was the starting point of her popularity. Her first works were in the cinema (Oro y marfil (1947), La muralla feliz (1948), Currito de la Cruz (1949), Servicio en la mar (1951)), but her best facet is theatre. She has a wide repertoire, including musical plays ('El hombre de la Mancha' [Man of La Mancha], 'La Perrichola', 'La corte del Faraón') and dramatic plays ('Fortunata y Jacinta', 'María Reyes', 'La zapatera prodigiosa', 'Anillos para una dama', among others). In 1997 she won a National Theatre Award.- Arjit Lavania was an actor, known for Mahakaali - Anth Hi Aarambh Hai (2017). He died on 20 August 2017 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Peteris Silins was born on 6 November 1949 in Former USSR. He was an actor, known for Depressiya (1991), Red Hot (1993) and Gaidiet Dzonu Graftonu (1981). He died on 20 August 2017 in Latvia.
- Colin Meads was born on 3 July 1936 in Cambridge, New Zealand. He was married to Verna. He died on 20 August 2017 in New Zealand.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Wilhelm Killmayer was born on 21 August 1927 in Munich, Germany. He was a composer, known for Gino (1960), Visions of Eight (1973) and Into Eternity: A Film for the Future (2010). He died on 20 August 2017 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Gero Caldarelli was born on 24 August 1942 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Tomorrow We Dance (1982), Ödipussi (1988) and Batton Story (1976). He was married to Katia. He died on 20 August 2017 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Peteris Silins was born on 6 November 1949. He was an actor, known for Four White Shirts (1987) and Vecherniy variant (1981). He died on 20 August 2017.
- Norman Ruff was born in November 1939 in Barking, Essex, England, UK. Norman died on 20 August 2017 in British Columbia, Canada.
- Karin Bang was born on 3 December 1928 in Oslo, Norway. Karin was a writer, known for Psychedelica Blues (1969). Karin was married to Aasmund Brynildsen. Karin died on 20 August 2017 in Veierland, Norway.