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Erland Josephson, the distinguished Swedish actor best known for his appearance in Ingmar Bergman's films, was born in Stockholm, Sweden on June 15, 1923. Josephson's relationship with Bergman, a long-time friend, began in the late 1930s when they first worked together in the theater.
Although he was in several motion pictures in the late 1940s and early '50s, including a bit part in Bergman's "The Man With an Umbrella" (1946), Josephson confined himself to the stage during the first part of his career. After appearing in Bergman's "The Magician" (1958) in support of Max von Sydow, Josephson did not make another movie until the late '60s, when he was cast in Bergman's "Hour of the Wolf" (1968). He collaborated on two screenplays with Bergman (using the joint pseudonym of Buntel Eriksson), Alf Kjellin's "The Pleasure Garden" (1961) and Bergman's own "Now About These Women" (1964).
In 1966, Josepheson succeeded Bergman as creative director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, a post he held until 1975. He also succeeded Max Von Sydow as Bergman's favorite male lead in the 1970s, which brought him global fame. After co-starring with Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in "The Passion of Anna" (1969), he had major roles in "The Touch" (1971), "Cries and Whispers" (1972), "Scenes From a Marriage" (a television mini-series edited into a film in 1973), and "Face to Face" (1976).
François Truffaut, in his guise as a film critic, wrote in 1958: "Bergman's preeminent strength is the direction he gives his actors. He entrusts the principal roles in his films to the five or six actors he loves best, never type-casting them. They are completely different from one film to the next, often playing diametrically opposite roles." In Bergman's films of the 1970s, Erland Josephson engendered the neurotic, post-war 20th century man: aloof, introspective, and self-centered.
Josephson also appeared in Bergman's "Autumn Sonata" (1978), "Fanny and Alexander" (1982) and "After the Rehearsal" (1984). After starring in "Trolösa" (2000), a film directed by frequent co-star Liv Ullmann and scripted by Bergman, it was time for him to be reunited with Ullmann as an actress under the hand of the maestro himself with "Saraband" (2003).
Josephson did not appear in a non-Swedish film until 1977, when he starred as Friedrich Nietzsche in Italian director Liliana Cavani's "Beyond Good and Evil." He continued to work in international cinema in the 1980s and '90s, appearing in Franco Brusati's "To Forget Venice (1980), Dusan Makavejev's "Montenegro" (1981), Philip Kaufman's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1988), István Szabó's "Hanussen" (1988), and Peter Greenaway's "Prospero's Books" (1991). His most memorable non-Bergman roles were in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, "Nostalghia" (1983) and "The Sacrifice" (1986).
Behind the camera, Josephson co-directed "One and One", a 1978 full-length film, with fellow Bergman collaborators Ingrid Thulin and Sven Nykvist, and directed the full-length "Marmalade Revolution" (1980). Erland Josephson also is an accomplished writer: He has written screenplays for Swedish films, as well as dramas, novels, and poetry.- Lynn 'Buck' Compton was born on 31 December 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was married to Donna Newman and Jerry Star. He died on 25 February 2012 in Burlington, Washington, USA.
- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Aleksandar Ilic was born on 12 June 1927 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an editor and director, known for The Owl (1973), Malj (1977) and Zamka (1974). He died on 25 February 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Maurice André was born on 21 May 1933 in Alès, Gard, France. He was an actor, known for Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung (1980), L'invité du dimanche (1968) and Le grand échiquier (1972). He was married to Liliane. He died on 25 February 2012 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Music Department
Red Holloway was born on 31 May 1927 in Helena, Arkansas, USA. He is known for Can't Be Heaven (1999), Blues for Central Avenue (1986) and Martino Unstrung (2008). He died on 25 February 2012 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.- Production Designer
- Costume Designer
- Set Decorator
Ekkehard Grübler was born on 29 January 1928 in Berlin, Germany. Ekkehard was a production designer and costume designer, known for Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für Erwachsene (1963), Der Evangelimann (1964) and Über den Gehorsam. Szenen aus Deutschland, wo die Unterwerfung des eigenen Willens unter einen fremden als Tugend gilt (1968). Ekkehard died on 25 February 2012 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Art Department
Robert Ayres was born on 28 July 1913 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. Robert is known for The Black Hole (1979). Robert was married to Geraldine and Lucy. Robert died on 25 February 2012 in Cherry Valley, California, USA.- Production Designer
- Costume Designer
Ewa Starowieyska was born on 2 December 1930 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. She was a production designer and costume designer, known for Upal (1964), Gates to Paradise (1968) and The Ashes (1965). She died on 25 February 2012 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Blues guitarist Louisiana Red was born Iverson Minter in Vicksburg, MS, in 1936. His childhood in Mississippi was not an easy one--his mother died shortly after he was born and his father was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan--and he taught himself how to play the guitar and the harmonica. He moved to Pittsburgh, PA, in 1945,but the only musical jobs he could get was playing on street corners for spare change. He relocated to Chicago and had a little better luck there--he managed to record a few singles for Checker Records--but he enlisted in the US Air FOrce in the early 1950s and and left in 1958. He got back into the music business after his discharge, and in the early 1960s recorded his debut album, "Lowdown Back Porch Blues", for Roulette Records. In 1971 he recorded the album "Louisiana Red Sings the Blues" for Atco Records, but it didn't sell well and the label dropped him. Eventually he moved to Europe, where he continued to record and perform.'- Valery Chumichyov was born in 1941. He was an actor, known for Ugryum-reka (1969), Passazhir (1975) and Gde ty byl, Odissey? (1978). He died on 25 February 2012.
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Laurence Bourne was born in June 1936 in Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for The Avengers (1961), Mystery and Imagination (1966) and Undermind (1965). He died on 25 February 2012.