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A brash character actress who specialized in cinema, television, and theater, Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley was born on November 13, 1906 in Broseley, Shropshire. She was the youngest of four sisters - including Angela Baddeley, also an actress - and her half-brother, Very Rev William Baddeley, was a Church of England Minister.
Not much is known about Baddeley's early life. She made her stage debut in 1918, and became popular in London stage comedies and revues prior to World War II, known for her dancing talent and natural comic ability. She memorably performed several times with Hermione Gingold. Baddeley made her film debut in 1927, with a role in the extremely obscure silent comedy A Daughter in Revolt (1927), but didn't come to attention until twenty years later, when she portrayed the affable but blowzy Ida in the film noir Brighton Rock (1948).
Known for her memorable character roles, Baddeley dabbled in such movies as Passport to Pimlico (1949), A Christmas Carol (1951), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951), The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954), Mary Poppins (1964), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her acid-tongued performance in Room at the Top (1958). At two minutes and thirty-two seconds, it is the shortest performance to ever be nominated for the award.
Baddeley became a household favorite for her role as irritable cockney housekeeper Mrs. Naugatuck on the '70s comedy series Maude (1972). She landed guest spots on multiple other shows, including but not limited to Hancock's Half Hour (1956), The Patty Duke Show (1963), Bewitched (1964), Night Gallery (1969), The Bionic Woman (1976), The Love Boat (1977), Charlie's Angels (1976), Wonder Woman (1975), Fantasy Island (1977), and Magnum, P.I. (1980).
Baddeley's two marriages failed, and she had a daughter, Pauline Tennant, from her first. She was in a long-term relationship with actor Laurence Harvey until he left her for Margaret Leighton, and died on August 19, 1986 at the age of 79 following a series of strokes.- Lorenzo Tucker in his prime was billed and known as "The Black Valentino," named after Rudolph Valentino, because of his tall, dark, dashing good looks, muscular built, secret charm and coolness. Tucker was one of Black Cinema's most popular leading actors, appearing in close to 20 films. He started acting at Temple University in Philadelphia where he contemplated medicine but caught the acting bug. He perfected his art by appearing in college plays and got his entry into movies from legendary film maker Oscar Micheaux. Lorenzo's prime was from the late 1920s to the end of the 1930s. He became a bona fide movie star to Black America, he was often mentioned in the leading Black newspapers.
Tucker was an Oscar Micheaux discovery and appeared in many of his important films, one of the most controversial was "Veiled Aristocrats" where Lorenzo played a Negro who successfully passes as white and returns to the family to coax his sister into passing for white like him. Throughout the movie, Lorenzo plays the part of a white man and plays it very realistically. His light complexion played a part in his exit from movies, it was hard attaining success in mainstream films, particularly Hollywood, because he was considered not Black enough. He had success on the stage in Broadway productions, "The Constant Sinner," "Ol' Man Satan," and "Humming Sam." In one controversial play on stage in Washington, D.C., he played the pimp to legendary Mae West's prostitute. It was to be her last stage role. A scene called for Lorenzo to kiss Mae West, and the theater critics of the capital city's press were outraged to see a Black man kissing a white woman. They demanded the scene to be stricken from the play. Never short of spirit, not one to seek an escape from battle, the show's star never wavered. Miss West would stand for no alteration in the play. It left the city.
Tucker had success outside of show business, service in the army during World War 2 led him to become an autopsy technician for the medical examiner's office in New York City. He handled many celebrities, gangsters and prominent figures like Malcolm X and Nina Mae McKinney in his line of work that in a way still kept him connected to show business. He was also a talented photographer.
Tucker was the only Black involved in Black Cinema who people could locate and who lived long enough to see his talent and contributions recognized, appreciated and awarded. In 1974, he traveled to accept nomination into The Black Film Makers Hall of Fame which he always cherished. He was often compared to early Hollywood actor William Powell because of resemblances in looks and nonchalant acting. He died of lung cancer at his Los Angeles home and was interred at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. - Actor
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Ted Chapman was born on 21 May 1923 in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and editor, known for Airplane! (1980), Bananas (1971) and Airport '77 (1977). He died on 19 August 1986 in Studio City, California, USA.- Actor
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Distinguished Norwegian character actor, well known for his sonorous voice. Much used in classical roles, and often heard in Radio as a reader of poems and novels.
Stage debut in 1930,(Bergen) later he played in both Norway and Sweden,with many leading parts in the plays of Ibsen and Shakespeare; Werle in "The Wild Duck", and title roles in "Hamlet" and "King Lear".
For his role as Marquis de Sade in "Marat", (Peter Weiss) he got the Norwegian theater-critics award in 1967.
Among his best film-parts were as Tornkvist in Skouen's " Herren og hans tjenere " (1959) as William in Müller's " De ukjentes marked " (1968) and as the priest in Skouen's " An-Magritt ". (1969)
Løkkeberg was the father of director Pål Løkkeberg, (1934-1998) and the brother of the celebrated actress Tore Segelcke. (1901-1979)- Willy Kramp was born on 18 June 1909 in Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany [now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France]. He was a writer, known for Das Lamm (1964). He was married to Helene Keuch. He died on 19 August 1986 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.