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- Actress
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- Soundtrack
Actress Natalie Desselle Reid hailed from Alexandria, Louisiana. She graduated from Peabody Magnet High School and attended Grambling State University for 2 1/2 years. The acting bug bit her after a starring role in Grambling's production of "Bubbling Brown Sugar." After several productions as a thespian, she decided to move to Los Angeles and test the waters. Realizing Hollywood was not aware of her "arrival" she became a receptionist, a soul food waitress and lastly a tank mechanic at McDonnell Douglas.
A devotee to the anomalous careers of Roseanne, Oprah and Whoopi she began to chart her course. Her break came when Robi Reed cast her in F. Gary Gray's "Set It Off" which led to a guest starring role on television's "Family Matters". After her initial foray into Hollywood, she found herself "down and out" in Inglewood, California and then the "call" came. The role that established her as a comedic thespian aka "the funny chick" in Robert Townsend's" B.A.P.S", starring opposite the luminous Halle Berry. The films "How to be a Player", "Cinderella" and televisions "Built to Last" and "For Your Love" followed.
In the 2000s, she played Janie Egins on the television show "Eve" for three seasons, and had one of her last film roles in Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family (2011). Her most cherished production was her family, which included her husband Lenny Reid and their three children Sereno, Summer, and Sasha.- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
The first pilot to break the sound barrier, born in Myra, West Virginia. He trained as a fighter pilot, flying over 60 missions in Europe. On March 5, 1944, Yeager was shot down over France, fought with the Maquis, escaped over the Pyrenees carrying a wounded airman. On 14 October 1947, Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket research aircraft past Mach 1, "thus breaking the sound barrier". This was the first step into space. In 1953, in the Bell X-1A, he flew at more then 2.5 times the speed of the sound. He later commanded the USAF. AeroSpace Research Pilot School, and the 4th TAC Fighter Bomber Wing. The subject of the book and film "The Right Stuff", General Yeager did all the flying in the movie The Right Stuff as well as played the bartender.- Production Manager
- Actor
- Producer
Arthur S. Newman Jr. was born on 22 January 1924 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA. He was a production manager and actor, known for Slap Shot (1977), Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Rachel, Rachel (1968). He was married to Pattie. He died on 7 December 2020.- Eduardo Galvão was born on 19 April 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Port of Miracles (2001), Em Nome da Lei (2016) and Dance, Dance, Dance (2007). He died on 7 December 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Aleksandr Gordon was born on 26 December 1931 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Killers (1956), The Fight in the Blizzard (1978) and Ransom (1986). He was married to Marina Tarkovskaya. He died on 7 December 2020.- Borivoje Kandic was born on 13 May 1961 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Vuk Karadzic (1987), Teatar u Srba (1991) and The Elusive Summer of '68 (1984). He died on 7 December 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Tihomir Arsic was born on 21 July 1957 in Zemun, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor and producer, known for Tragom Karadjordja (2004), Claused Freedom (2006) and Sesto culo (2009). He was married to Jelena Cosic and Biljana Krstic. He died on 7 December 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Katarzyna Laniewska was born on 20 June 1933 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Kogel-mogel (1988), Galimatias, czyli kogel-mogel II (1989) and Smolensk (2016). She was married to Andrzej Blaszczak and Ignacy Gogolewski. She died on 7 December 2020 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actress
- Production Manager
Divya Bhatnagar was born in 1986 in India. She was an actress and production manager, known for Sawaare Sabke Sapne... Preeto (2011), 99 (2009) and Silsila Pyaar Ka (2016). She died on 7 December 2020 in Mumbai, India.- Ursul de Geer was born on 3 January 1946 in Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Onderweg naar morgen (1994), Danni Lowinski (2013) and The 4th Man (1983). He died on 7 December 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Writer
Masao Komatsu was born on 10 January 1942 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was an actor and writer, known for Kita no kuni kara (1981), Za kagesutaa (1976) and Za taigâsu: Sekai wa bokura o matteiru (1968). He died on 7 December 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Vadim Petrov was born on 24 May 1932 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a composer and actor, known for Retez (1981), Trnové pole (1981) and Úteky domu (1980). He was married to Zlata Adamovská. He died on 7 December 2020.- Mária Bisztrai was born on 25 May 1923 in Cluj, Romania [now Cluj-Napoca, Romania]. She was an actress, known for Mephisto (1981), 141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból (1974) and Sinbad (1971). She was married to Béla Horváth. She died on 7 December 2020.
- Joseph Arvay died on 7 December 2020 in Canada.
- Director
- Editor
Olafs Okonovs was a director and editor, known for Vija Celmins (2014), Mystery of the Old Garden (2019) and Davids un Goliats (2018). He was married to Tamari Pakhuridze. He died on 7 December 2020 in Bondo Forrest, NSW, Australia.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Director
Alfieri Canavero was born on 30 May 1927 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Giorni di furore (1964), La corona di fuoco (1961) and Il piccolo vetraio (1955). He died on 7 December 2020 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born in Wampum, PA, Dick Allen is widely regarded as one of the best baseball players not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen's playing career spanned from 1963 to 1977. After being drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies, he became the first black superstar for the last National League team to integrate, winning Rookie of the Year in 1964 while leading the league in runs and triples. Known for his towering home runs, Allen hit 177 round-trippers in his first six years with the Phillies on his way to becoming a four-time All-Star. Allen's tenure in Philadelphia was often overshadowed by racial abuse from the fans, and after leaving he spent seasons in St. Louis (where he was again an All-Star) and Los Angeles before moving on to the Chicago White Sox. With the Sox, he was a three-time All-Star and American League MVP in 1972. He would spend two more seasons back in Philadelphia before retiring after only 54 games in his final season with the Oakland Athletics, finalizing his career with a .292 batting average and 351 home runs. In 2020, the Philadelphia Phillies welcomed Allen back to break tradition by retiring his number, an honor only before given to members of the Hall of Fame. Allen passed away on December 7, 2020, at age 78, two days after coming one vote short of being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.- Lidia Menapace was born on 3 April 1924 in Novara, Piedmont, Italy. She was married to Eugenio Menapace. She died on 7 December 2020 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
- Péter Bartók was born on 31 July 1924 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Bartok (2017). He died on 7 December 2020 in the USA.
- Additional Crew
Doug Scott was born on 29 May 1941 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is known for Everest: The South West Face (2017), This Week (1956) and Bonington: Mountaineer (2017). He was married to Patricia Lang, Sharavati (Sharu) Prabhu and Janice Brook. He died on 7 December 2020 in Cumbria, England, UK.- Ron Bock Jr. was born on 10 April 1964 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 7 December 2020 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Polin Cohanne was born on 1 April 1950 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA. Polin died on 7 December 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Fred Akers was married to Diane. He died on 7 December 2020 in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, USA.
- Oleg Golosov was born on 5 June 1962 in the USSR. He was an actor, known for House Arrest (2018), Vozmezdiye (2017) and Ischeznuvshaya (2017). He died on 7 December 2020 in Russia.