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Born in Fort Pierce, Florida, Ricou Browning grew up in nearby Jensen Beach and went on to study physical education at Florida State university. He got a career start diving and springboard diving in local water shows. By the time he was in his early 20s, he was producing underwater shows at Weeki Wachee Springs and topside water shows at Rainbow Springs and other locations. After playing the Gill Men in the underwater scenes of Universal's Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and its sequels (Revenge of the Creature (1955) and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)), he got into the swim of film and TV production as a result of an encounter with producer Ivan Tors; Browning ended up president of Tors' Florida studios (he was involved on Tors' Sea Hunt (1958), The Aquanauts (1960) and Flipper (1963) movies and TV series, etc.) He has also worked as a second unit director (above and below water), producer, writer, stunt man and stunt coordinator.- Writer
- Animation Department
- Art Department
Burny Mattinson's helmed the Academy Award-nominated 1983 animated featurette "Mickey's Christmas Carol." In 1986, wrote, produced and directed "The Great Mouse Detective." Mattinson's worked on"Sleeping Beauty," "101 Dalmatians," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats" and "The Rescuers." He was a key story team member on Disney's contemporary classics: "Aladdin," "Beauty & the Beast," "The Lion King, "Pocahontas," "Mulan," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Tarzan." Mattinson joined Disney in 1953 at age 18 without formal art training, and started work as an in-betweener for "Lady and the Tramp" less than 6 months later.- Charles Foster was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Blood & Guts (1978) and Coronation Street (1960). He was married to Meg Johnson. He died on 27 February 2023 in the UK.
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- Soundtrack
Richard Laurance Williams was an actor, known for The Get-Man (1974), Man from Atlantis (1977) and Brother, My Song (1973). He died on 27 February 2023 in the USA.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Nobuo Ariga was born on 14 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer, known for Acri (1996), Hosono Haruomi: Yellow Magic Show (2001) and Christmas no yakusoku (2015). He died on 27 February 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.- Boris Voytsekhovskiy was born on 10 January 1954 in Soroca, Moldova. He was an actor, known for The Ugly Swans (2006), Sadovnik (1987) and Banditskiy Peterburg: Terminal (2006). He died on 27 February 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Writer
- Actor
Aleksey Dydarev is a Soviet and Belarusian playwright and screenwriter. Honored Art Worker of the Belorussian SSR.
Dudarev was born in a peasant family. In 1968 he graduated from the Novopolotsk Vocational School of Oilmen. In 1976 he graduated from the theater department of the Belarusian Theater and Art Institute. He was an actor, assistant to the chief director for the literary part of the Belarusian Republican Theater for Young Spectators (1976-1979). In 1979-1983, Dudarev was a member of the scriptwriting and editorial board of the Belarusian television ('Telefilm', Minsk). Secretary of the Union of Theater Workers of the BSSR since 1987. Editor-in-Chief of the Mastatstva magazine since 1991. Since 1992, he became the chairman of the Belarusian Union of Theater Workers.
Dudarev's works have been translated into Polish, Russian, Slovak, Turkmen, Uzbek, Ukrainian, Estonian, Lithuanian and other languages.- Writer Royston Ellis was born Christopher Royston George Ellis in Pinner, Engand, on Feb. 10, 1941. He left school at age 16 to become a writer, and published his first book, "Jiving to Gyp"--a collection of poems--two years later. The book was a success and Ellis performed readings from it on stage and a variety of TV shows, often backed by such rock acts as Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Jimmy Page and The Beatles (it was Ellis who suggested they spell their name that way instead of "The Beetles", which is what they were going to do). In 1960 he caused a stir with his remarks on a TV talk show about what life was like for modern teenagers in England.
At 20 years of age he departed England to become a travel writer, and caused another stir by reading his poetry on stage in Moscow with dissident Russian poet Yevgeniy Yevtushenko. He later went to the Canary Islands, where he appeared in the movie Swingers' Paradise (1964) with Cliff Richard and turned out three novels. He settled on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 1966 and stayed there until 1980. While living there he wrote a series of successful "Bondmaster" historical novels under the name Richard Tresillian.
In 1980 he relocated to Sri Lanka. In 2003 he was appointed as Warden (honorary consul) to southern Sri Lanka by the British High Commission. He has published more than 60 books--including novels, biographies and poetry--and in addition writes for local and international travel magazines. - Zena Gaynes was an actress, known for NYPD Blue (1993), Shameless (2011) and Who's the Boss? (1984). She died on 27 February 2023 in the USA.
- Gleb Pavlovskiy is a Soviet and Russian political strategist, journalist, TV presenter and publisher. Founder of the Effective Policy Foundation.
He was born in Odessa, Soviet Union. His father - Oleg Pavlovskiy was a civil engineer, built marine stations on the Black Sea. Gleb Pavlovskiy graduated from Odessa secondary school N35. In 1968-1973 he studied at the Faculty of History of the Odessa State University. Until 1974 he worked as a teacher in a rural school.
From 1976 to 1982 Pavlovskiy worked as a worker in Moscow. In 1978-1980 he was one of the co-editors of the magazine 'Poiski'. From 1985 he lived in Moscow, was one of the founders of the first legal political opposition organization in Russia - the Club of Social Initiatives (CSI). Later he participated in the creation of the Moscow People's Front. In 1987, he acted as one of the ideologists and founders of the Fact information cooperative. Later - the founder of the Postfactum news agency, director of the Civil Society program of the Cultural Initiative Foundation, editor-in-chief of the journal 'XX Century and the World'. Member of the club 'Perestroika' (Moscow). In 1991-1992 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Kommersant Publishing House. In 1994-1995 - editor and publisher of the quarterly 'Limits of Power'. In 1995-1996, he was the founder and co-editor of the journalistic review 'Sreda'.
Since 1995 - co-founder and director of the Effective Policy Foundation, known as the organizer of election campaigns for a number of political associations. The fund conducted its first large-scale campaigns for the Union of Right Forces, then worked on the campaign of Vladimir Putin.
In the presidential elections in Ukraine in 2004, he supported and campaigned for the candidacy of Victor Yanukovich.
From October 2005 to April 2008 - presenter of the Real Politics program on NTV.
In 2012, he went over to the side of the political opposition and began to express liberal political views. Lived in Austria. Often acted as an expert in various media. - Producer
- Actress
Jenny is a producer, talent manager & incidentally an actress - born in Ottawa, Canada, with a brother 1.5 years older & one 1.5 years following her. At the age of 3, her mother left her with her father & 2 brothers; at 5, by means of a Beach Boys tape, her father ventured to inspire her to agree to move to California - boy, did she agree; in fact, all her boys, set the precedent for her life to come... Upon arriving to the City of Angels, she began taking dance classes & by 12 was well advanced in varying forms of this art. Amidst her own theater, modeling, diving & various sports - supporting her brothers & other siblings, as they came along (totaling 7), in their endeavors, consumed her life... At 15 she put all her artistic efforts on hold & her life went a different direction; devoting it to a Cause of which she was raised upon; one with its sole stated purpose being to help others. For 10 years she was shaped in a disciplined structure, like none other she would have otherwise experienced. A lot was learned of human emotions & interrelations, during this time. For the past 8 years, Jenny's energies have been on nothing more so, than supporting, in varying degrees, an array of stars she's picked up along her way, both in the worlds of film/event production & that of Magic, itself... Presently working on lifting as many as she might be able, to their next level...- Hans-Joachim Behrendt died on 27 February 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
- Vilen Zakaryan was born on 1 February 1931 in Yerevan, USSR. Vilen was a director, known for Bow to the Coming Day (1977). Vilen died on 27 February 2023.
- Florin Beciu was an actor, known for Rondul de noapte (2021). He died on 27 February 2023 in Romania.
- Jerzy Siech was born on 1 March 1938 in Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Spiewy po rosie (1983). He died on 27 February 2023.
- Irina Denisova was born on 13 February 1964. She was an actress, known for Meatgrinder (1991) and Sterva (1992). She died on 27 February 2023.
- Director
- Producer
Aydin Bagardi was born in 1959 in Eskisehir, Turkey. He was a director and producer, known for Ölürayak (1990), Biraz Tuz Biraz Biber (2010) and Sahin (2002). He died on 27 February 2023.- Gloc 17 was an actor, known for Gloc 17: Let's Go (2021), Gloc 17: Freestyle (2021) and Gloc 17: Go Bigger (2023). He died on 27 February 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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- Actor
- Writer
Mihály Erdei Grünwald was born on 27 August 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a director and actor, known for Szamba (1996), Volt egyszer egy világkiállítás (1985) and Szentföldi szent helyek üzenete (1999). He died on 27 February 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Xiepu Li was born in 1942 in Shanghai, China. He was a director and assistant director, known for Kai tian pi di (1991), Da ze long she (1982) and A Small Gold Fish (1982). He died on 27 February 2023 in China.- John Henry Thomas was an actor, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976). He died on 27 February 2023 in the USA.