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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bill Macy was born on 18 May 1922 in Revere, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jerk (1979), Maude (1972) and Analyze This (1999). He was married to Samantha Harper and Judith Janus. He died on 17 October 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jean-Michel Martial was born on 18 July 1952 in Tananarive, Madagascar. He was an actor and director, known for Profilage (2009), Léon Gontran Damas, le nègre fondamental (2004) and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015). He died on 17 October 2019 in Paris, France.- Victor Mohica was born on 31 July 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Final Countdown (1980), Johnny Firecloud (1975) and Blood In, Blood Out (1993). He was married to Wanda Mojica. He died on 17 October 2019 in Florida, USA.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Wendy Williams was born on 7 November 1934 in Cheam, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Jack the Ripper (1973), Doctor Who (1963) and Knight Errant Limited (1959). She was married to Michael Winser and Hugh David. She died on 17 October 2019 in Warwickshire, England, UK.- Producer
- Actor
- Executive
Chicago-born Braun has been a successful and honored filmmaker for over 30 years. In 1964, his production of "Goldstein" won the Prix De la Nouvelle Critique at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1974, his co-production of Maximilian Schell's "The Pedestrian" won the Golden Globe Award as Best Foreign Film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. His production of "The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane", starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen, was voted Best Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. In 1986, Braun again teamed up with director Schell to co-produce "Marlene", which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature along with winning the New York Film Critics Award, The National Society of Film Critics Award and the National Board of Review Award. Braun's all-consuming interest in filmmaking led him fresh from studying Humanities and Classic Arts at the University of Chicago to enter movies while still serving as President of Braun International, his family's packaging firm. Some of Mr. Braun's other productions include: "Angela", starring Sophia Loren and John Huston; "Freedom Road", starring Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson; "The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu", starring Peter Sellers and Helen Mirren; and "Where are the Children", starring Jill Clayburgh and Frederick Forrest.
The 1987-88 television season saw the company bring to the screen a two-hour movie-for-television, "Stillwatch", starring Lynda Carter and Angie Dickinson; a four-hour mini-series, "Murder Ordained", starring JoBeth Williams, Keith Carradine and Terry Kinney; a two-hour NBC movie, "The Father Clements Story, starring Louis Gossett, Jr., Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Carroll O'Connor (winner of the Christopher Award and CEBA Award). "Tour of Duty", the highly acclaimed weekly prime-time series about the Vietnam War, also premiered in 1987 and ran for three successful seasons on CBS. Other television series from Mr. Braun include "Murphy's Law", starring George Segal, which ran on ABC and "Bagdad Cafe", starring Whoopie Goldberg and Jean Stapleton for CBS. In 1991, Braun produced "A Seduction in Travis County", a two-hour movie for CBS, starring Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote and Jean Smart. Expanding into the cable marketplace, he produced "Split Images", a two-hour movie based upon the best selling novel by Elmore Leonard and starring Gregory Harrison. In 1994, Braun produced the critically praised four-hour mini-series "Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills for CBS starring Edward James Olmos and Beverly D'Angelo. Also that year at CBS was "Dominick Dunne's 919 Fifth Avenue", a two-hour pilot movie that starred James Marsden and Denise Richards.
In 1996, "Abducted: A Father's Love, a two-hour NBC movie starring Chris Noth, Peter MacNichol and Stepfanie Krammer, turned out to be one of the highest rated television movies for the year and was highly acclaimed, as well. "Lethal Vows", starring John Ritter and Marg Helgenberger, aired on CBS in 1999, and also proved extremely successful.
Braun then produced "Edges of the Lord", a feature film shot in Poland and starring Haley Joel Osment and Willem Dafoe, distributed by Miramax Films.
He executive produced the CBS 2005 May Sweeps entry, "Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution" starring Janel Moloney.
Most recently, Braun won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Movie for Television for the highly rated movie he produced for Lifetime Television, "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story", directed by Agnieszka Holland starring Mercedes Ruehl.
Braun is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, as well as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He serves on the Board of Trustees for The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR) and the Board of Directors for The Heart Touch Project. Zev Braun was also a founding member of the Board of Directors for GIRF (the Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation) of the University of Chicago hospitals as well as the Chairman of the Board for the International Kidney Institute at UCLA. Braun also served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Saban Vaccine Institute. He was awarded the City of Hope's Golden Key for his work in connection with this organization.- Elijah Cummings was born on 18 January 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was married to Maya Cummings. He died on 17 October 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Bryon Moore is known for Predator (1987), Little Monsters (1989) and Celebrity Deathmatch (1998). He died on 17 October 2019.- Alicia Alonso was born on 21 December 1920 in Havana, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Giselle (1965), Un retrato para Romeo y Julieta (1971) and Alicia Alonso y El Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1979). She was married to Pedro Simón Martínez and Fernando Alonso. She died on 17 October 2019 in Havana, Cuba.
- Director
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Volodymyr Grygorovych Gorpenko was born on 3 July 1941 in Buglaki, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a director and actor, known for Lavri (1973), Yaroslav Mudry (1982) and Tvoyo mirnoye nebo (1984). He died on 17 October 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Maurício Sherman was born on 31 January 1931 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and actor, known for Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão (1972), Copa 78 - O Poder do Futebol (1979) and Zorra Total (1999). He died on 17 October 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Michael Armstrong was born on 14 December 1932 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Catherine Joan Brennan. He died on 17 October 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Bob Kingsley was born on 19 March 1939 in the USA. He was an actor, known for A Political Cartoon (1973), Marcus & The Mystery of The Pudding Pans (2019) and 11th Annual ACM Honors (2017). He was married to Nan . He died on 17 October 2019 in Weatherford, Texas, USA.
- Márta Kurtág was born on 30 September 1927 in Esztergom, Hungary. She was married to György Kurtág. She died on 17 October 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Nikolai Snegiryov was born on 4 June 1985 in Torzhok, Kalininskaya oblast, USSR. He was an actor, known for Life and Fate (2012), Legavyy (2012) and Odisseya sischika Gurova (2012). He died on 17 October 2019 in Kimry, Tverskzya oblast, Russia.
- Additional Crew
- Composer
- Actor
Sven Johansson was born on 29 August 1924 in Säffle, Värmland, Sweden. He was a composer and actor, known for Eterne Sangui (1999), Elevare Solari (2000) and Her bor de gale (1973). He was married to Norma Buchanan and NL. He died on 17 October 2019 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.- Normand Senez was born on 5 June 1950 in Québec, Québec, Canada. He was a writer and producer, known for MESS: produit d'appellation non-controlee (1995). He died on 17 October 2019 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Maestro Ray Santos is a graduate of Julliard School of Music. A Grammy-Award winning arranger and composer, who is known for his work on The Mambo Kings. His musical arrangement of Beautiful Maria of My Soul for the film The Mambo Kings was nominated for an Academy Award. He is the father of actress Cynthia DeCure.- Göran Malmqvist was born on 6 June 1924 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden. He died on 17 October 2019 in Sweden.