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Audrey Christie was born on 27 June 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Splendor in the Grass (1961), Carousel (1956) and Mame (1974). She was married to Donald Briggs. She died on 19 December 1989 in West Hollywood, California, USA.- Writer
- Producer
George Callahan was born on 17 May 1902 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Step by Step (1946), Prisoners in Petticoats (1950) and This Island Earth (1955). He died on 19 December 1989 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Preben Mahrt was born on 28 July 1920 in Hellebæk, Denmark. He was an actor and writer, known for Matador (1978), Vor by (1970) and Huset på Christianshavn (1970). He was married to Marguerite Viby, Erni Arneson and Britta Annette Sylvester Hvid. He died on 19 December 1989 in Provence, France.- British novelist Stella Gibbons was born in London, England, in 1902, one of three children. Her father was a doctor with offices in the poor section of the city, and her home life was not a happy one. She would make up wild, romantic stories to tell her brothers and other neighborhood children to "escape" from the poverty in the neighborhood and the tense situations at home. Her father home-schooled her until she was 13, at which time he sent her to the North London Collegiate School for Girls. At 19 she attended University College in London for two years, majoring in journalism (it was the only college in London that actually had a journalism course).
After graduation she got a job at the British office of United Press, decoding cables. It was here she became a professional writer, learning to edit out irrelevant text, keep the reader interested in the article and present facts clearly and and with some flair. She spent ten years on "Fleet Street", doing different jobs for different employers, and began writing short stories and poetry. Unlike many writers, she refused to use a typewriter, preferring to write her stories, plots, ideas, etc., with a pen in notebooks. Her best-known novel is probably "Cold Comfort Farm", which was made into a film (Cold Comfort Farm (1995)).
She died in London, England, on Dec. 19, 1989. - Director
- Actor
- Writer
Georges Rouquier is understood as the successor to the Robert Flaherty tradition of documentary filmmaking, but also, because of the context in which his first feature was released, as a champion of a specifically French Neo Realism which pointed ahead toward the New Wave a decade later.Coming to Paris from the rural provinces, and getting a job as a linotypist, he spent much of his free time frequenting several movie theatres where silent classics by the great Russian and Swedish directors were shown.Returning to his roots to film the farming seasons in the mid 194os,his feature caused controversy at the Cannes festival but was appreciated by others around the same time that Italian films were also trying to find the truth by using real locations and some non-professional players, so his work was picked up for US distribution.But most of his career was devoted to short subjects which sometimes used reconstructions or fictional techniques to trace traditions of artisans and workers and several heroic figures such as Pasteur.His influence can be seen in current movie makers like Nicolas Philibert or the Dardenne brothers.In 2009, the French Cinematheque honored him with a retrospective.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Henry Theel was born on 14 November 1917 in Helsinki, Finland. He was an actor, known for Vain laulajapoikia (1951), The Other Side of Hope (2017) and Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994). He died on 19 December 1989 in Helsinki, Finland.- H. Rettenbacher was born on 16 December 1939 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer, known for Minikillers (1969) and NDR Jazz Workshops (1958). He died on 19 December 1989.
- Max Doria was born on 20 November 1896 in Amiens, France. He was an actor, known for The Hunter Will Get You (1976), Les trois morts d'Émile Gauthier (1973) and Patrouille blanche (1942). He died on 19 December 1989 in Noyers-sur-Serein, Yonne, France.