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- Bruce Hampton was born on 30 April 1947. He was an actor, known for Sling Blade (1996), Here Comes Rusty (2016) and Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture! (2018). He died on 1 May 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Lovely blonde Janet Pilgrim was born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois. Pilgrim was working in the subscription department for "Playboy" magazine when editor/publisher Hugh Hefner asked her to pose for a pictorial. Hefner choose the alias Janet Pilgrim as a spoof on puritanism. Moreover, Pilgrim's "girl next door" quality set the tone for future Playmates. Janet was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1955 issue of "Playboy." She went on to become the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1955 and October, 1956 issues of "Playboy." Pilgrim holds the distinction of being one out of two Playmates of the Month to be a three-time centerfold in the magazine. Janet Pilgrim was listed at #83 in the 1999 "Playboy" newsstand special "Sex Stars of the Century."
- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Ross Loney was born on 1 December 1939 in Choteau, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Pale Rider (1985), Silverado (1985) and City Slickers (1991). He died on 1 May 2017 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Pierre Gaspard-Huit was born on 29 November 1917 in Libourne, Gironde, France. He was a writer and director, known for Scorching Sands (1963), Le capitaine Fracasse (1961) and The Leatherstocking Tales (1969). He was married to Claudine Auger. He died on 1 May 2017 in Paris, France.- Actor
- Producer
Stan Weston was born on 1 April 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Shadow (1994), Vision Quest (1985) and Gardens of Stone (1987). He died on 1 May 2017 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Writer
- Actor
Anatoli Aleksin was born on 3 August 1924 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Nakanune premiery (1978), Ya vam pishu... (1959) and Sestra muzykanta (1972). He was married to Tatiana Evseevna Alexina Feinberg. He died on 1 May 2017 in Luxembourg.- Born in 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa, Karel Schoeman matriculated in 1956 from Paarl Boys' High School. In 1959, he obtained a BA degree in languages from the University of the Free State. In 1961, he joined the Franciscan Order in Ireland as a novice for the priesthood, but then returned to Bloemfontein to obtain a Higher Diploma in Library Studies. During the 1970s, he went into voluntary exile, working first as a librarian in Amsterdam and then as a nurse in Glasgow, Scotland. He returned to South Africa in 1983 and worked until his retirement in 1998 as an archivist at the South African National Library in Cape Town. He then returned to his town of birth, Trompsburg, where he lived for more than a decade before moving to Bloemfontein. In September 2008, he moved to the Noorderbloem retirement community, where he died on 1 May 2017.
Schoeman is known not only as a novelist, but is equally renowned as an historian and biographer. He has also published translations (especially of drama), several travel books and an autobiography. He won the most prestigious Afrikaans literary award, the Hertzog Prize, three times: in 1971 (for By Fakkellig, 'n Lug vol helder wolke and Spiraal), 1986 ('n Ander land) and in 1995 (Hierdie lewe).The Recht Malan Prize for "excellence in the field of non-fiction books" was awarded to him four times.On the retirement of President Nelson Mandela in 1999, Schoeman was one of only two writers to be awarded the State President Award: Order for Excellent Service. In more recent years, his fiction garnered much praise in France, winning inter alia the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 2009.
His 1972 novel, Na die Geliefde Land (literally: To the Beloved Country), was made into an award-winning feature film, Promised Land in 2002, with a screenplay by Jason Xenopoulos. Schoeman has produced and published several screenplays, including an adaptation of his first novel, Veldslag, some of which were broadcast on South African national television during the 1980s.
Schoeman committed suicide at a retirement center in South Africa at the age of 77, writing about dying with dignity in his suicide statement. A previous attempt failed when he was 75. - Producer
- Actor
Jim Casey was a producer and actor, known for Hit and Run (2012), Back in the Day (2014) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014). He died on 1 May 2017 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Helge Seppälä was born on 8 November 1924 in Jyväskylä, Finland. He was a writer, known for Sodan ja rauhan miehet (1978), Suur-Suomen muisto. Kun Suomi miehitti Itä-Karjalan 1941-44 (1991) and Jatkosota (1982). He was married to Sirkka Maria Kihl. He died on 1 May 2017 in Espoo, Finland.- Gustave Newman was born in 1927. He died on 1 May 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- Director
- Sound Department
Erkki Kurenniemi was born on 10 July 1941 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. He was a composer and director, known for A Time of Roses (1969), Talo (1969) and Electronics in the World of Tomorrow (1964). He died on 1 May 2017 in Helsinki, Finland.- Artenik Arabadjian was born on 16 February 1930 in Haskovo, Bulgaria. He died on 1 May 2017 in New York, USA.
- Make-Up Department
Kim Addrisi was born on 30 December 1958 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Kim is known for Santa Barbara (1984), A Better Life (2011) and American Gladiators (1989). Kim was married to Eric Allan Kramer and Don Adrissi. Kim died on 1 May 2017 in the USA.- Ahmet Isvan was born in 1923 in Istanbul, Turkey. He died on 1 May 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Sam Mele was born on 21 January 1922 in Astoria, New York, USA. He was married to Constance M. Clemens. He died on 1 May 2017 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.