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Jill Viola Gascoine was born in Lambeth, London, on April 11 1937. She was educated at Tiffin's Girls School (by her own account, a traumatic experience) and later studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts in London. She began her career as a fifteen-year old chorine in pantomime and spent a decade-long apprenticeship singing and dancing in revues and musicals. Married at 28, her first husband was a compulsive gambler who also resented her ambition of becoming an actress and abandoned her and her two children some time during the late 60s. Having to support her family on a single income, Gascoine found work in Glasgow cabaret as a singer and dancer. She was eventually able to get into acting with a repertory company in Dundee and from there (with the aid of theatrical agent Marina Martin) landed parts in popular television dramas including Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962), Dixon of Dock Green (1955), Softly Softly: Task Force (1969) and Raffles (1975).
Her first recurring TV role was as Letty, the prim, philanthropically-minded wife of taciturn sea captain James Onedin (Peter Gilmore) in The Onedin Line (1971). However, she ultimately became best-known for her role as the emancipated, forthright DI Maggie Forbes in the ITV series The Gentle Touch (1980), the very first British police drama featuring a female (senior) police officer. The concept may well have been inspired by the earlier American series Police Woman (1974). Publicity claimed that London 'bobbies' wrote to the producers of Gentle Touch, attesting to its authenticity (interesting footnote: the reason why there was never any footage of Maggie actually driving a car was that Gascoine had never learned to drive). There was a later, more action-oriented spin-off, entitled C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985) (akin to a British Charlie's Angels (1976)), with Maggie turned private eye.
In addition to her television work, the actress also performed on the West End stage, including a starring role as Dorothy Brock in a 1987 revival of the musical 42nd Street at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Her younger co-star (as Peggy Sawyer) was Catherine Zeta-Jones. In 1986, Gascoine married fellow London-born actor Alfred Molina and in the 90s made her home in Los Angeles, though she returned to the U.K. on a number of occasions. As her screen work began to wind down, she turned to writing, publishing a trio of novels, respectively, in 1995, 1995 and 1997. Gascoine made an appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, whereupon she announced her retirement from acting. Five years later, it was revealed that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. She died at a Los Angeles care facility on 28 April 2020 at the age of 83.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Luis Nepomuceno was born in 1930 in the Philippines. He was a producer and director, known for Dahil sa isang bulaklak (1967), Igorota (1968) and Ang langit sa lupa (1967). He died on 28 April 2020 in the Philippines.- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Artist-animator, Ray daSilva attended and later instructed at New York City's world famous School of Visual Arts. From the early '70s when he worked with the celebrated former Walt Disney animator, Shamus Culhane, Ray has been known throughout the industry as a "renaissance" type artist capable of rendering in the classic, smooth Walt Disney style to handling any aspect of the production from concept to finish.
Beginning as a staff, storyboard illustrator and conceptual artist for the major ad agencies in New York City he rapidly moved to hanging up his own shingle as an advertising art service studio supplying comprehensive visuals and story boards for the ad agencies that once employed him. The studio soon grew into a full production service. Ray's talent for visualization and continuity of the story line had led him naturally into the animated film industry.
His initial mentor and employer, Shamus Culhane, said that Ray was "the best natural animator that he ever met." This is a profound statement since Shamus had worked, not just for Disney, but for Max and Dave Fleischer as well as many of the animation pioneers of New York City where animation began in the United States. Ray's work also took him north to Canada where he became a contributor to that nation's outstanding, prizewinning animated films.
Ray's background as a conceptual artist provided an excellent foundation for producing and directing animatic test spots and full animation for television commercials. Due to his long time association with Disney animators, he concentrated his skills and talents on the traditional animation aspect of the business. He holds good international festival recognition. Although he favors traditional animation as is still done by Japan's fabled animator Hayao Miyazaki, at this writing he is moving into computer based work due to pure commercial pressure.
As his star rose in the industry, Ray began to work on entertainment feature films, TV series and home videos as well as spots for the advertising industry as a key animator, background designer and storyboard artist. Ray daSilva is based in New York City.- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Mari Winsor was born on 11 March 1950 in Marshall, Michigan, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Moonwalker (1988), Salsa (1988) and The Flash (1990). She was married to Elliot Nachbar. She died on 28 April 2020 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.- Editorial Department
- Production Manager
Louis Borreli was born on 13 June 1976 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Louis was a production manager, known for Jersey Shore (2009), Tool Academy (2009) and The X Factor (2011). Louis was married to Allison. Louis died on 28 April 2020 in Burbank, California, USA.- Born in Indianapolis in 1933, Bobby Lewis was raised in an orphanage. He learned to play the piano at age five. He was eventually adopted, and when he was 12 his adoptive family moved to Detroit. He embarked on a singing career as a teenager, and was soon opening for such acts as Jackie Wilson and James Brown. In 1960 Lewis recorded a song that had been written by his friend Ritchie Adams--who had sung with a vocal group called The Fireflies, which had its own hit in the late 1950s with "You Were Mine"--almost a year earlier, called "Tossin' and Turnin'". It was released in 1961 and was an immediate hit, selling more than three million copies and staying in the #1 spot for seven weeks. Shortly after that he followed with "One Track Mind", which broke into the top ten but didn't make the #1 slot.
- Director
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Marc Garanger was born on 2 May 1935 in Ézy-sur-Eure, Eure, France. He was a director and writer, known for Taïga, terre des chamans (1997), Jean-Michel Jarre: The China Concerts (1982) and Des mots de minuit (1999). He died on 28 April 2020 in France.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
András Szalai was born on 27 May 1945 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a cinematographer, known for Vademberek (2001), Hatásvadászok (1983) and Privát kopó (1993). He died on 28 April 2020.- Production Manager
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Goffredo Matassi was born on 8 November 1933. He was a production manager and actor, known for The Age of the Medici (1972), Madeleine: Anatomy of a Nightmare (1974) and Carnal Revenge (1974). He died on 28 April 2020.- Michael Robinson was born on 12 May 1958. He was an actor, known for Matías, juez de línea (1996), Menudo es mi padre (1996) and 7 vidas (1999). He died on 28 April 2020 in Marbella, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain.
- Mary Ellen Moylan was born on 24 August 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was married to Robert Stanley Bailes. She died on 28 April 2020 in Redmond, Washington, USA.
- Monica Steier was born on 15 September 1936 in Sofia, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956). She was married to Hans Robert Särlman. She died on 28 April 2020 in Stockholms Sankt Johannes, Stockholm, Uppland.
- Andrzej Hrydzewicz was born on 30 June 1932 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Zamach stanu (1980), Kariera (1955) and Theatre Macabre (1971). He died on 28 April 2020.
- Kashawn Smith died on 28 April 2020 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
- Kikuo Kaneuchi was born on 29 January 1935 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was an actor, known for Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974), Shinkuronishiti (2004) and Vengeance Is Mine (1979). He was married to Reiko Katsura. He died on 28 April 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Teresa Kujawa was born on 11 December 1927 in Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Roman i Magda (1979), Kobieta w kapeluszu (1985) and Nocny gosc (1989). She died on 28 April 2020 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.- Ladislav Hejdánek was born on 10 May 1927 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He died on 28 April 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Paul Marks was born on 16 August 1926 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Joan Rosen. He died on 28 April 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Jim Picotte was born on 9 September 1963 in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, USA. Jim was married to Sylvia Ellen Red Dog. Jim died on 28 April 2020 in Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA.