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- John Simon was born in Subotica (present-day Serbia) of Hungarian descent to Joseph and Margaret (née Reves) Simmon. He amended his surname at some point to "Simon". He grew up in Belgrade before immigrating to the United States in 1941, aged 16, on a tourist visa to join his parents. He posted on his blog that "Ivan" was later added by his father as a middle name to add distinction.
- Milton Williams was born on 10 October 1935 in Oyster Bay, New York, USA. He was married to Helen Williams. He died on 17 January 2003 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Betty Allen was born on 17 March 1927 in Campbell, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Appointment with Adventure (1955), Camera Three (1955) and I Love Lucy (1951). She was married to Ritten Edward Lee II. She died on 22 June 2009 in Valhalla, New York, USA.- Loren Singer was born on 5 March 1923 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Loren was a writer, known for The Parallax View (1974), Kraft Theatre (1947) and Danger (1950). Loren was married to Erma 'Penny' Rosenstadt. Loren died on 19 December 2009 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Carl Williams died on 7 April 2013 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Anya Phillips was born in February 1955 in Taipei, Taiwan. She was an actress, known for Rome '78 (1978), The Foreigner (1978) and Guerillere Talks (1978). She died on 19 June 1981 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Pablo Guzmán was born on 17 August 1950 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Juice (1992), Without a Trace (2002) and Socorro, sobrinos! (1991). He was married to Deborah Corley. He died on 26 November 2023 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Sound Department
Malcolm Cecil was born on 9 January 1937 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Army of Darkness (1992), Jungle Fever (1991) and Violent Zone (1989). He was married to Poli Franks. He died on 28 March 2021 in Valhalla, New York, USA.- Walter Liedtke was born in 1945 in New Jersey, USA. He was married to Nancy. He died on 3 February 2015 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
Roxanne Lowit was born on 2 February 1942 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She is known for I Am Divine (2013), Roxanne Lowit Magic Moments (2016) and The Fran Drescher Show (2010). She died on 13 September 2022 in Valhalla, New York, USA.- Julian Blaustein Rejto was born on 22 January 1989 in Albany, New York, USA. He died on 10 June 2007 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Art Department
- Production Designer
- Art Director
Victor Paganuzzi was born on 5 May 1932 in Bronx, New York, USA. Victor was a production designer and art director, known for Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967), Camera Three (1955) and Dial M for Music (1965). Victor died on 16 June 2022 in Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, USA.- Willard Gaylin was born on 23 February 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Betty Schofer. He died on 30 December 2022 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Brian McClellen was born on 9 February 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Je t'aime, Jean (2014) and Zygote Party vs Tea Party (2014). He died on 10 November 2014 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Fred Ardath was born on 13 January 1884 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Lights Out (1946), The Singing Bee (1929) and Cabaret Nights (1929). He died in 1955 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- Bill Haughton was born on 23 November 1923 in Gloversville, New York, USA. He died on 15 July 1986 in Valhalla, New York, USA.
- A highly esteemed performing poet, Sekou Sundiata wrote for print, performance, music and theater. Born Robert Franklin Feaster in Harlem, on August 22, 1948, Sundiata came of age as an artist during the Black Arts/Black Aesthetic movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
While attending the City College of New York (CCNY), where he began reciting poetry publicly, Sundiata converged with several other student activists, including once-mayoral candidate of Pittsburgh and longtime friend, Leroy Hodge, to form the basis for what soon became known as the Black and Puerto Rican Student Community of City College (BPRSC). This phalanx of 400 students soon made their own history, closing the 21,000-student campus during the Spring of 1969, to demand, among other things, that CCNY be renamed Harlem University. The net effect of the student takeover culminated in both an Open Admissions Policy that took effect in September 1970, the full legitimization of ethnic studies departments throughout the nation, as well as the requirement that all education majors within the City University take courses in African American History and to have Spanish as a Second Language.
Among his acknowledged mentors at City were Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, and fellow student Louis Reyes Rivera, with whom Sundiata helped to establish the first Black student newspaper in the City University, CCNY's The Paper. Their association would span close to forty years of mutual respect and admiration.
Upon completing his Bachelor's Degree (circa 1974), Sundiata enrolled and completed his Master's in Creative Writing while regularly producing community-based poetry readings that were known to draw SRO crowds. In 1976, his creative sensibilities, his innate organizing skills, and his associations with a convergent generation of excellent poets, musicians and dancers immediately led to a collaborative project he directed that would commemorate 100 years of Black struggle for freedom and Human Rights. Titled The Sounds of the Memory of Many Living People (1863-1876/ 1963-1976), this production, which included upcoming novelist Arthur Flowers and such poets as Safiya Henderson-Holmes, BJ Ashanti, Tom Mitchelson, Louis Reyes Rivera, et al, was staged in Harlem over a period of two days, signaling much of what was to come from Sekou's sense of vision, steadily breaking ground for what was then a new literary genre, Performance Poetry, fully anticipating elements of both Hip Hop Culture and Spoken Word Art.
In 1977, the aforementioned poets, along with Zizwe Ngafua, Rashidah Ismaili, Fatisha (Hutson), Sandra Maria Esteves, Akua Lezli Hope, Mervyn Taylor, and Sekou, among others, formed the Calabash Poets Workshop, which group signaled the arrival of a new literary heat in New York, regularly producing soirees and fori (1977-1983) that included all of the arts and culminated in a three-year attempt (1979-1982) to establish an independent Black Writers Union.
Upon the release of his first vinyl album (circa 1980), Are & Be, Sekou Sundiata was dubbed by Amiri Baraka as "the State of the Art."Since then, Mr. Sundiata established a longtime relationship with CCNY's Aaron Davis Performing Arts Center, through which venue he intermittently produced new material for the stage, consistently collaborating with musicians, dancers and actors. He was eventually selected for a number of earned fellowships, including a Sundance Institute Screenwriting Fellow, a Columbia University Revson Fellow, a Master Artist-in-Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (Florida), and as the first Writer-in-Residence at the New School University in New York, in which university's Eugene Lang College he remained a professor.
He was, as well, among those featured in the Bill Moyers' PBS series on poetry, The Language of Life, and in Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on HBO. - Dave Herman was born on 3 September 1941 in Bryan, Ohio, USA. He was married to Roma. He died on 19 October 2022 in Valhalla, New York, USA.