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- Chanin Hale was a small-town girl from Dayton, Ohio, who moved to New York in 1955, right out of high school to pursue a career on the stage. In New York, she toured in the High Time revue, performed onstage in The Gazebo, Come Blow Your Horn, Bus Stop, and Little Mary Sunshine.
In 1963, while appearing in a production at UCLA, she was discovered by Jack Albertson who introduced her to Red Skelton. He appreciated her excellent pantomime skills and she became a regular on the show for the next seven years. Other television work includes appearances on Death Valley Days, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Hondo, The Donna Reed Show, The Danny Kaye Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, and several episodes of Dragnet. Her film appearances include Gunn, Will Penny, and The Night They Raided Minsky's. She also had a small role in Blue Hawaii starring Elvis Presley.
Chanin went on several USO tours, becoming a favorite of the soldiers when a photo of her posing as Eve in a homemade costume appeared in the New York Daily News.
In 1986 she married Richard Bradshaw, who shared her love of exotic travel and who had a sense of humor to match hers. They spent more than 35 wonderful years together, traveling extensively to exotic locales, entertaining friends, and enjoying each other's company. Eventually, Chanin declared that "if you've seen one rain forest you've seen them all" and they traveled to more civilized locations. The two of them started a great conversation that didn't end until she passed away. Her beloved Richard followed her two weeks later on what would have been their 34th wedding anniversary. She is survived by her stepdaughters, Linda, Barbara, and Victoria Bradshaw. - Producer
- Writer
- Executive
Fred Silverman was born in 1937, and quickly grew up into the television business. After starting out in the mail-room of ABC-TV in the late 1950s, he rose to director of program development at WGN-TV, Chicago in the early '60s. One day, he abandoned his car during a snowstorm and boarded a plane for New York, where he gained a position as head of Daytime Programming at CBS-TV. In 1970, he became the programming head of CBS, where he programmed such hits as The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), All in the Family (1971), M*A*S*H (1972), The Jeffersons (1975), Kojak (1973) and The Sonny and Cher Show (1976). In 1975, he left for ABC-TV, where he worked closely with Michael Eisner and Brandon Tartikoff. He developed such new hits as Laverne & Shirley (1976), The Love Boat (1977), Donny and Marie (1975) and Soap (1977). By the end of the 1977-8 season, ABC was number one, Daytime and Nigttime. In 1978, he joined NBC as President and CEO. His presence helped stem the audience erosion of the prior 5 years with new programs such as Diff'rent Strokes (1978), Real People (1979) and Hill Street Blues (1981). During his tenure, he made program commitments that led to St. Elsewhere (1982) and Cheers (1982), promoted Brandon Tartikoff to President of Entertainment and laid the groundwork for NBC's turnaround in the 80s. Management changes at parent RCA led to Silverman's departure in June, 1981 and his replacement by Grant Tinker. Silverman formed "The Fred Silverman Company" and became an independent producer. Among his successes were "Perry Mason Movies", Matlock (1986), In the Heat of the Night (1988), Jake and the Fatman (1987) and Diagnosis Murder (1993). Silverman remains in the independent production business and also does program consulting.- Actor
- Cinematographer
León Singer was born on 9 October 1932 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Lonesome Dove (1989), If... Dog... Rabbit (1999) and Amistad (1997). He died on 30 January 2020 in San Diego, California, USA.- Fotis Dulos was born on 6 August 1967 in Turkey. He was married to Jennifer Farber and Hilary Vanessa Aldama. He died on 30 January 2020 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Jörn Donner grew up in a Swedish-speaking family belonging to the Finnish upper class. Already as a student he had radical leftist ideas displayed in magazines and newspapers. His first novel appeared in 1951 when Donner was only 18 years old. He graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1959. In 1961 Donner moved to Sweden when the daily newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" hired him as a film critic. He returned to his home country in 1967. During his stay in Sweden he also directed his first feature film, "A Sunday in September". He temporarily returned to Sweden in the 1970s to head the Swedish Film Institute. Again, Donner returned to his home country after a while.
Donner is best known for his work as an author. He has written several novels. He was awarded the Finlandia Prize in Literature in 1985 for "Father and Son". During the years he has also written many columns for large news papers in Finland.
After his directorial debut in 1963 Donner continued to work in film, mainly as a producer. He formed his own production company Jörn Donner Productions in 1960. He produced Ingmar Bergman's critically acclaimed "Fanny and Alexander" in 1982 and is thereby the first Finn ever to receive an Academy Award.
Ever since his early years as a student and struggling writer Donner has had an interest in politics. He has been a Member of Parliament in Finland and also an European MP. After successfully supporting Social Democrat Ahtisaari's presidential campaign in 1994 he was appointed Finnish consul to Los Angeles. Donner soon returned back to Finland. In 2003 Donner failed to return to politics when he did not get elected in the Finnish parliamentary election.
After a few years in the small town of Ekenäs, Finland Donner has returned to live in the nation's capital where he works as an independent writer, columinst and film producer.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Leonard Keigel was born March 4th, 1929 in London of Russian ancestry, his stepfather Leonid owned a repertory movie theater and later co-founded the prestigious Paris film magazine, Cahiers Du Cinema; his uncle Jacques Mage was proprietor of an exploitation cinema circuit, Cinephone. Keigel started making amateur Super-16mm films at age 18 and enriched his artistic background with aesthetics courses at the Sorbonne, as part of his youthful studies. At age 21 he founded Objectif '49, a film appreciation group that attracted famous people like Astruc,Auriol, Bazin, Bresson, Cocteau, Doniol-Valcroze, Leenhardt and Queneau and a year earlier he had already started as an A.D. for Rene Clement. At age 22 he became co-owner of Cahiers and at age 24 managed the production company Les Films De L'Etoile. His filmography consists of short subjects on literature (Malraux) and jazz (Ellington) features, television programs, and from 1985 through 2000 many commercials.- John Andretti was born on 12 March 1963 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Nancy Summers. He died on 30 January 2020 in Mooresville, North Carolina, USA.
- T.S. Raghavendra was born in 1944 in Tamil Nadu, Briitish India. He was an actor, known for Musthaffaa (1996), Vaidehi Kaathirundaal (1984) and Ente Sooryaputhrikku (1991). He was married to Sulochana. He died on 30 January 2020 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Writer
- Producer
Jordan Wachtell was born on 1 January 1963 in the USA. Jordan was a writer and producer, known for Santa Claus School Visit NYC (2018), The Amazing Adventures of Little Batman (2007) and Little Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Magic Scrolls (2008). Jordan died on 30 January 2020.- Lubos Dobrovský was born on 3 February 1932 in Kolin, Czechoslovakia. He died on 30 January 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Roger Holeindre was born on 21 March 1929 in Corrano, Corsica, France. He died on 30 January 2020 in Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Konstantin Titov was born on 22 March 1919 in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Ivanovo-Voznesensk Governorate, RSFSR [now Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Chyornyy kloun (1994), 34-y skoryy (1981) and Vsadnik nad gorodom (1967). He died on 30 January 2020 in Riga, Latvia.
- Actor
- Production Designer
- Sound Department
Ryan O'Guinn was born on 6 January 1988 in Montrose, Michigan. He was an actor and production designer, known for Within (2014), 10 Hours (2011) and Dirt (2011). He died on 30 January 2020 in Birch Run, Michigan, USA.- Additional Crew
Albert Aghazarian was born on 18 August 1950 in Jerusalem. Albert is known for Last Supper: Abu Dis (2005) and The Shape of the Future (2005). Albert died on 30 January 2020 in Jerusalem.- Vidmantas Bartulis was born on 3 April 1954 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He was a composer, known for Vysokaya krov (1989), Menulio Lietuva (1998) and Uku ukai (2006). He died on 30 January 2020 in Palanga, Lithuania.
- Yakov Lapinsky was born on 9 January 1928 in Uman, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Tumannost Andromedy (1967), Za pyat sekund do katastrofy (1977) and Zhenshchiny shutyat vseryoz (1981). He died on 30 January 2020 in Darmstadt, Germany.
- Yoshinaga Fujita was born in 1950 in Fukui City, Japan. He was a writer, known for Adrift in Tokyo (2007), Shikyû no kioku (2007) and Bokura Playboys: Jukunen Tanteisha (2015). He was married to Mariko Koike. He died on 30 January 2020 in Saku, Nagano, Japan.
- Art Department
Walter R. Buckallew was born on 16 May 1943 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Walter R. is known for Out of Sight (1998), Patch Adams (1998) and Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001). Walter R. died on 30 January 2020 in Plymouth, California, USA.- Jake MacDonald was born in 1949 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a writer, known for Juliana & the Medicine Fish (2017), Juliana and the Medicine Fish (2007) and Paul Quarrington: Life in Music (2010). He died on 30 January 2020 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Lucien Barbarin was born on 17 July 1956 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Lady and the Tramp (2019), Great Performances (1971) and Treme (2010). He was married to Sheryl. He died on 30 January 2020 in the USA.