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Joan Lorring was born Madeline Ellis on April 17, 1926, in Hong Kong. She and her mother, Ania Fred, a Russian Jewish immigrant, left Hong Kong after the outbreak of WWII to pursue an acting career, settling in California in the late 1930s. After finding radio work in Los Angeles, Lorring worked her way into films making a minor debut at age 18 in the romantic war drama Song of Russia (1944) and subsequently played the small part of Pepita in the ensemble suspense The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944).
The following year Joan won the coveted role of the scheming, trampy Bessie opposite Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green (1945), earning a Academy Award nomination for "best supporting actress" in the process. She may have lost the Oscar trophy that year to Anne Revere for National Velvet (1944) but Warner Brothers Studio was more than impressed with the up-and-comer and eagerly signed her up. Joan proved quite able in a number of juicy film noir parts, including Three Strangers (1946) and The Verdict (1946), both opposite the malevolent pairing of Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
Inexplicably her film career went into a rapid decline by the end of the decade. As a result she sought work elsewhere and maintained with stage, radio and small screen endeavors into the next decade. On Broadway she made her debut in the prime role of budding college student Marie who sets off the explosive dramatic action in "Come Back, Little Sheba" (1950) starring Shirley Booth and Sidney Blackmer. She continued with strong roles in "The Autumn Garden" (1951), "Dead Pigeon" (1953) and "A Clearing in the Woods" (1957).
Among Joan's many 1950s dramatic showcases on TV was her portrayal of suspected ax-murderess Lizzie Borden's sister Emma on an Alfred Hitchcock episode. In the 1970s, Joan made a mini comeback in the Burt Lancaster movie The Midnight Man (1974) as Cameron Mitchell's wife. She also performed on radio soap operas and appeared for a season on the TV soap Ryan's Hope (1975) before phasing out her career once again.
Long married to New York endocrinologist Dr. Martin Sonenberg, who died in 2011, Joan passed away on May 30, 2014, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, survived by two daughters.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Henning Carlsen was born on 4 June 1927 in Aalborg, Denmark. He was a director and writer, known for Dilemma (1962), Hunger (1966) and People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967). He was married to Else Heidary and Hjørdis Wirth Jensen. He died on 30 May 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Hanna Maron was born on 22 November 1923 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Krovim Krovim (1983), Sof Shavua be-Galil (2007) and Handsome Gigolo, Poor Gigolo (1930). She was married to Yossi Yadin and Jacob Rechter. She died on 30 May 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Director
Robert Costello was born on 26 April 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Ryan's Hope (1975), Dark Shadows (1966) and Another World (1964). He died on 30 May 2014 in Amagansett, New York, USA.- Tamila Laskhishvili was an actress, known for Anarekli (1974), Eskulapis motsape (1977) and Pieri - militsiis tanamshromeli (1965). She died on 30 May 2014 in Georgia.
- Dirk Donat was born in 1958 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965), Mensch, Oma! (1984) and Das große Fest (1992). He died on 30 May 2014.
- Louis Blau was born on 10 February 1915 in the USA. He died on 30 May 2014 in Bel Air, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Location Management
Betty Crowe was born in 1927 in England, UK. She was an assistant director, known for Chance in a Million (1984), The English Programme (1976) and The Return of Shelley (1988). She died on 30 May 2014 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.- Additional Crew
Ralph E. Pray was born on 12 May 1926 in Troy, New York, USA. He is known for Modern Marvels (1993). He was married to Beverley Margaret Ramsey. He died on 30 May 2014 in Claremont, California, USA.- Lyudmila Iosifovna Makarova was born on October 20, 1921, in St. Petersburg (then Petrograd), Russia. Young Makarova was fond of ballet and theatre. In 1937 she was admitted to the Acting Studio of Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in Leningrad. She studied acting under Boris Babochkin and graduated from the Acting Studio of BDT in 1941. Makarova married actor Yefim Kopelyan the same year. During the Second World War Makarova worked at the Theatre of the Baltic Navy Fleet. She was entertaining the Navy and Red Army troops with theatrical performances at the time when Leningrad was under the siege. She gave many performances aboard battleships and submarines. Makarova survived the siege of Leningrad and was decorated for her courage.
Since 1945 Makarova has been a leading actress at the troupe of Bolshoi Drama Theatre in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). Her acting talent was fully revealed under director Georgi Tovstonogov, who seriously updated the repertoire and elevated artistic culture at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Makarova worked under Tovstonogov for almost 35 years with an outstanding ensemble of actors at BDT. There her stage partners were such renown stars as Oleg Basilashvili, Tatyana Doronina, Alisa Freyndlikh, Valentina Kovel, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Sergey Yurskiy, Kirill Lavrov, Oleg Borisov, Yefim Kopelyan, Evgeniy Lebedev, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Nikolay Trofimov, Pavel Luspekayev, and many other remarkable Russian actors. Among Makarova's best remembered stage works were the role of Khanuma in the eponymous play. Khanuma ran over 300 performances on stage; it was also filmed by director Georgi Tovstonogov in 1978.
Lyudmila Makarova was awarded numerous prizes and decorations for her stage and film works. She was honored with the title of the People's Artist of the USSR in 1977. Makarova is living in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Eugenio George was born on 29 March 1933 in Baracoa, Cuba. He died on 30 May 2014 in Havana, Cuba.