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- Imposing American character actor whose typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops, and hard-boiled gangsters. A decorated Korean War veteran, Bieri appeared on stage from 1954, both on ('Death of a Salesman', 1975) and off-Broadway. He latterly acted with the ensemble of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre (notably, as the tough captain in 'Mr. Roberts', 1995).
On screen from 1962 as a bit part player, he went on to have a prolific career as guest star of 1970s and 1980s TV shows. He was in good form as your average cantankerous police chief in both Cannon (1971) and in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), and further distinguished himself in weightier roles, including that of local banker Elija Crow in Bret Maverick (1981) , General Philip Sheridan in How the West Was Won (1976) and as Mafia chieftain Guido Quintana in The Sicilian (1987).
However, a little of the very large heavyset actor, whose screen persona was more malevolent than merry, went a long way, thus when he starred in his own (albeit non-eponymous) NBC sitcom, Joe's World (1979), as a Detroit house painter with five kids and assorted problems, it was fairly short-lived.
In private life, he was said to have been a keen fisherman and sailor. Bieri died in May 2001 in Woodland Hills from cancer at the age of 71. - Helen Wood, was the comedian Victoria Wood's mother. She was born as Ellen Mape in Prestwich in 1919. She was later given the name Helen Colleen and so was known initially as Ellen Mape, later as Helen Mape and informally amongst friends and acquaintances as Nellie Mape, later she was known by her married name Helen Wood.
Nellie died in 2001, but in her later years she wrote an account of her childhood in Manchester between 1919 and 1933. After Nellie died her son Christopher (the politician Chris Foote Wood) edited this diary into 'Nellie's Book', which was published in 2006. - Actor
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István Bozóky was born on 30 January 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for Aelita (1980), II. Richárd (1976) and Szetna, a varázsló (1980). He was married to Mária Barta. He died on 27 May 2001 in Budapest, Hungary.- Victor Kiam was born on 7 December 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Operation Good Guys (1997), American Affair (1993) and Blankety Blank (1978). He was married to Ellen Lipscher. He died on 27 May 2001 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
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Nikolay Yeryomenko was born on 14 February 1949 in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was an actor and director, known for Krasnoe i chernoe (1976), Tsarskaya okhota (1990) and Pirates of the 20th Century (1980). He died on 27 May 2001 in Moscow, Russia.- Helen Oakley Dance was born on 13 February 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was married to Stanley Dance. She died on 27 May 2001 in Escondido, California, USA.
- Al Strapelli was an actor, known for Desperate Living (1977) and Female Trouble (1974). He died on 27 May 2001 in Cockeysville, Maryland, USA.
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Rudi Reusens was an editor, known for Min of meer (1955), De spotvogel (1954) and Sinjorenbloed (1953). He died on 27 May 2001 in Belgium.