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- This cosmopolitan actress is best remembered for appearing as different characters in two early James Bond films. Multilingual Nadezda "Nadja" Poderegin hailed from Kraljevo, a town in present day Serbia (then Yugoslavia). Her father, a Ukrainian-born scientist and lecturer, was killed during World War II when she was just nine years old. With her mother and sister Nadja subsequently resettled in Yugoslavia's capital. She abandoned plans for a career in journalism after commencing studies at Belgrade's Academy of Dramatic Arts (eventually graduating with a B.A.) and was soon featured in a few locally made films.
Her first major role (after shortening her surname to "Regin") was in Das Haus an der Küste (1954), a German-Yugoslav co-production, filmed around picturesque Dubrovnik. It gained some international exposure via distribution through the Rank Organisation and this led to more substantial film offers in Germany. For much of the 50s, Nadja appeared near the top of the bill in a string of romantic dramas and comedies opposite well-seasoned German and Austrian stars like Curd Jürgens, Rudolf Prack, Theo Lingen and Peter Pasetti.
Following her marriage to a Polish war veteran, Nadja moved to Britain. Having a natural aptitude for picking up languages quickly, she added English to her repertoire within a few months, though (by her own admission) her accent tended to restrict her "to either sexy parts or as a spy". Her own favourite film role was the (typically British) wartime comedy Don't Panic Chaps (1959) (starring Dennis Price and George Cole) in which she provided the romantic spark.
She later had guest spots opposite Patrick McGoohan in Danger Man (1960) and Roger Moore in The Saint (1962) before landing a small role as the girlfriend of MI 6 station chief Kerim Be (Pedro Armendáriz) in From Russia with Love (1963). Arguably, Nadja's best known role was as the double-crossing belly-dancer Bonita in Goldfinger (1964). A memorable scene has James Bond (played by Sean Connery) preempting an assailant's attack by catching his reflection in one of Bonita's eyes (photographed in close-up), then spinning her around and using her as a shield.
She swapped the acting profession in the 1970s to work behind the cameras as a script reader/consultant for Rank and Hammer studios. In tandem with her sister, she set up a publishing company (Honeyglen Publishing Ltd) in 1980 and latterly published her own e-book novel "The Victims and the Fools" under the name Nadja Poderegin. - Joan Nicholas was born on 3 May 1934 in Clifton, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Memories from the Sweet Sue's (2001). She was married to Frederick M. Nicholas and Sidney Fields. She died on 6 April 2019 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Tele Samad was born on 8 January 1945 in Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor and writer, known for Mona Pagla (1984), Mastan (1975) and Malka Banu (1974). He died on 6 April 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.- Actor
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Jim Glaser was born on 16 December 1936 in Spalding, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Extract (2009), Tick, Tick, Tick (1970) and The Deuce (2017). He died on 6 April 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.- Biljana Belicanec was born on 25 July 1973 in Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Od denes za utre (2010), Shadows (2007) and Today, Tomorrow (1998). She died on 6 April 2019 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
- R.V. Burgin was born on 13 August 1922 in Jewett, Texas, USA. He was married to Florence Risely. He died on 6 April 2019.
- Nikolay Kartsev was born on 22 July 1958. He was an actor, known for Inseparable (2013), Shtolnya (2006) and Lesya plyus Roma (2005). He died on 6 April 2019.
- Emma Elekes was born on 17 September 1932 in Cluj, Romania. She was an actress, known for Think of Me (2016). She died on 6 April 2019.
- Michael O'Donnell was born on 20 October 1928 in Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Medical Express (1979), Is Your Brain Really Necessary? (1982) and Cambridge Footlights Revue 'La Vie Cambridgienne' (1948). He was married to Catherine Dorrington Ward. He died on 6 April 2019 in the UK.
- Early Years: Born in Kobe, Japan, Iguchi came to the U.S. at the age of 19 to spend a few months with his father who was stationed in New York on business. Enchanted with America, he decided to go to college there and enrolled in Southwest Missouri State College (now Missouri State University) where he majored in Psychology, and married an Air Force brat from St. Louis.
Daiwa Years: After graduating, Iguchi was hired at Daiwa's New York branch to work in the Securities Custody Department. In 1980, was also given a responsibility in investment of Floating Rate Notes (FRN).
By 1983, he was given authorization to trade FRN and became one of the most active FRN traders on Wall Street. In March of 1983, he lost $70,000 trading FRN and concealed this loss to protect his reputation and job. He continued trading to recoup the loss; however, then it snowballed.
In September 1995, fearing the damage his losses may cause the bank if inadvertently discovered, he wrote a confession letter to the president of Daiwa Bank in Japan, detailing what had transpired with the complete details of all the unauthorized trades he had done during the previous 12 years. By this time, the loss was in excess of $1 billion.
Incarceration: Daiwa turned Iguchi in to the U.S. authorities with the confession letter he wrote to the CEO personally, without informing him of their intention. He was arrested the next day with no time to obtain a lawyer. With his self-incriminating confession letter, he had no defense. Iguchi was incarcerated in a 8x6 solitary cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City for 15 months befriending George Harp (a founding member of the Aryan Brotherhood), Greg Scarpa (a Mafia hit man), Abu Marzook (a Hamas leader) and Latin Kings members.
During his incarceration, Iguchi wrote a memoir of his life in America in Japanese, called "Confession", and while he was still imprisoned, the book became a #1 bestseller in Japan. In 1997, he was sentenced to four years in prison and sent to Allenwood Prison Camp to serve the remainder of his term. There he wrote another book about the life of George Harp, the only surviving founding-member of the Aryan Brotherhood, titled "King of the Prison", which was published in Japan. An English version of the book has been written but not published.
Life Now: In March 1999, Iguchi was released from Allenwood FPC and in 2000 he moved to Atlanta, Georgia to begin my new life as a writer. In 2001, he published a fictional novel "Dollar Conspiracy" in Japan.
In July 2007, he returned to my hometown of Kobe, Japan after 37 years. Iguchi works in the area of foreign language education, developing digital solutions. In April 2014, his book "My Billion Dollar Education: Inside the Mind of a Rogue Trader" was published. In 2015, he wrote his first screenplay based on the book.
His interests continue to be writing and speaking engagements on the topics of trader psychology and risk management controls. - Jarkynai Balikbaeva was born in 1942. She was an actress, known for Boz salkyn (2007) and Silence (2012). She was married to Ermek Moidunov. She died on 6 April 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- Ernest F. Hollings was born on 1 January 1922 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for City Hall (1996), Bicentennial Minutes (1974) and 60 Minutes (1968). He was married to Rita Liddy and Martha Salley. He died on 6 April 2019 in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA.
- Olli Mäki was born on 22 December 1936 in Kokkola, Finland. He was an actor, known for The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016), Kotikatu (1995) and Mäki Moore World Championship (1962). He was married to Raija Mäki. He died on 6 April 2019 in Kirkkonummi, Finland.
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Brian Montague was born on 7 August 1940 in Canada. He is known for In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Tommy Boy (1995) and Lars and the Real Girl (2007). He died on 6 April 2019 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.