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Beautiful blonde discovered by Hugo del Carril in the film Una cita con la vida. Frequently teamed with Enzo Viena in movies and TV. Married and divorced singer Fernando de Soria in the mid-sixties and actor Ricardo Bauleo from late-sixties to mid-seventies. She died of cancer.- Composer
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Born in Constantinople in 1908, Paul Misraki composed from the age of 7 years a waltz his mother notes on music paper.
He completed his studies at the "Lycée Janson de Sailly" where he met Ray Ventura who already created a small amateur jazz band.
Paul Misraki consolidates his musical knowledge with Charles Koechlin and soon joined his fellow Ray Ventura who, with "Les Collégiens" begins an original career as a conductor where skits and entertainment interpreted by the musicians themselves to succeed a breakneck pace. He joined the company as second pianist and especially as composer and arranger-orchestrator.
In 1935 he composed the famous song "Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise". Follow "Ca vaut mieux que d'attraper la scarlatine", "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux", "Comme tout le monde", "Insensiblement" and "Sur deux notes". The composer wrote many songs for Ray Ventura, including those of several musical films starring the "Collégiens" : "Feu de joie" (1938), "Tourbillon de Paris" (1941), "Mademoiselle s'amuse" (1947), "Nous irons à Paris" (1949) and "Nous irons à Monte-Carlo" (1951).
If a first operetta youth, "Amandine", has remained in a drawer, the second, "Normandie" (1936), was a great success at the Bouffes-Parisiens.
During the years of occupation, Paul Misraki, born into a family of Jewish origin, emigrates to South America and then to Hollywood, where he tries to popularize the French song.
In 1942, in Rio de Janeiro, he wrote incidental music for a new presentation of "On ne badine pas avec l'amour" that asks Louis Jouvet while on tour in South America. The following year, he composed "Si Eva se hubiese vestido", a musical that gets a big impact in Argentina, where it is created.
When peace returned, Paul Misraki found France where he soon composed the music for "Chevalier Bayard," operetta which brings particular Yves Montand, Ludmilla Tchérina, Félix Oudart and Henri Salvador. The texts are Bruno Coquatrix and André Hornez. Yet this beautiful production does not take long poster showing the Alhambra theater.
It's like film music composer melodic gifts Paul Misraki did wonders. He was responsible for the music of more than 160 feature films for more great directors.
Paul Misraki also has to its credit an important literary work to which he devoted all his time in recent years of its existence.
In 1990, he was made "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur".- Sherman Block was born on 19 July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 29 October 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Ruben Sierra was born in 1946 in San Antonio Texas. He was involved in theater at a very young age. He was a professor at California State University and the University of Southern California but he spent the bulk of his career at the University of Washington. He served for more than a decade there as the director of the school's Ethnic Cultural Center and Theater. Mr. Sierra was the founding artistic director of the multicultural Seattle Group Theater and also worked as artistic director for Teatro Quetzalcoatl and Teatro del Piojo. Mr. Sierra later went on to Portland State University and helped launch their Latino-Chicano program and serve as professor of theater arts. He was a prominent figure in the theater community of the Pacific Northwest and dircted several plays. He is also the playwright of "When The Blues Chase up a Rabbit" about a young Chicano fighting prejudice in Texas in the 1960's. In October 1998 the Chicano-Latino program held its annual gala in honor of Mr. Sierra, who was too ill to attend. Actor and friend Edward James Olmos was the keynote speaker.
- Carl Zibung was born in 1930. He was a director, known for Der Zeitgenosse (1960), Das Freitagsmagazin (1960) and Der Föhn - Landplage oder Sündenbock (1964). He died on 29 October 1998.
- Ryô Nakanishi was born on 16 June 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Hana no Asuka gumi (1988) and Iwo Jima (1973). He died on 29 October 1998 in Japan.