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Exuberant and funny theater actress who excelled in light comedies (Feydeau's "Le système Ribardier", "Chat en poche"; Françoise Dorin's "L'étiquette"; Remo Forlani's "Le divan", "Un roi qui a des malheurs", "Guerre et paix au café Sneffe"), Micheline Luccioni did not have the movie career she deserved. Used too often as the mocking prostitute or the provocative floosie in the office, she nevertheless played these roles with the appropriate jocular insolence. No wonder that she usually appeared in comedies written and/or directed by Michel Audiard. She was indeed one of those colorful ladies (along with Françoise Rosay, Ginette Leclerc, Jacqueline Maillan, among others) whose down-to-earth liveliness allowed them to deliver for what they are worth the biting lines polished up by the French green language master. All in all, Micheline Luccioni appeared in few memorable films. She even squandered her talent in bombs signed Michel Gérard or Richard Balducci. But she did have good moments in "Pot Bouille", the 1957 adaptation of Emile Zola's classic by Julien Duvivier (as the hysterical sister-in-law)and as one of Valentine Tessier's daughters in Jean-Claude Brialy's directorial debut "Eglantine" (1971). She was fine too in Adam Pianko's wonderful "On n'est pas sérieux quand on a 17 ans", about teen pregnancy. Micheline Luccioni played the difficult role of the 15-year-old girl's mother with subtle nuances, a touching character lights years away from the loud-mouthed woman she was wont to play. This could - and should - have been the beginning of a new career but alas the film was little seen and nothing came out of it.- Writer
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Pierre Culliford (pen name:Peyo) was a Belgian comics writer and artist. He contributed to several series, but his main claim to fame is creating the sword-and-sorcery series "Johan and Peewit" (1947-2001) and its spin-off, the adventure comedy series "The Smurfs" (1963-). His works have received several animated adaptations.
In 1928, Peyo was born in Schaerbeek, a municipality within the Brussels-Capital Region. In the early 20th century, Schaerbeek was a booming suburb with a large middle-class population. Peyo's father was an Englishman, while his mother was Belgian. Peyo received his art training at the "Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts", an art school located in Brussels.
Early in his career, Peyo worked for the animation studio "Compagnie belge d'actualités" (CBA). The studio folded after World War II, and Peyo decided to seek work as a comics artist. He was hired by the sports-oriented newspaper "La Dernière Heure" (The Latest Hour, 1906-). His salary was meager, and he supplemented his income through providing artwork for advertisements.
In 1947, Peyo created the character Johan for the "La Dernière Heure". The character was a heroic page of the Middle Ages, skilled in swordsmanship and aspiring to become a knight. Peyo had the character involved in fantasy-style adventures. In 1949, Peyo was hired by the newspaper "Le Soir" ("The Evening", 1887-), transferring the Johan comic strip to it. He created for this newspaper the comic strip "Poussy" ("Pussy"), featuring a cute black cat as the protagonist. This comic strip developed in a typical gag-a-day format.
In 1952, Peyo was hired by the comics magazine "Spirou" (1938-). He was reportedly recommended for hiring by his old friend André Franquin (1924-1997), who already worked for the magazine. Peyo transferred Johan to this magazine, and started writing longer adventures for him.
In 1954, Peyo retooled the "Johan" series to "Johan and Peewit", by adding a comic-relief sidekick for Johan. Peewit was a dwarf, depicted as a reformed thief, a professional court jester, and an inept musician. Unlike Johan, Peewit was a reluctant hero. But his cunning, his capacity for outwitting opponents, and his fighting skills made him a useful companion for the hero.
In 1958, Peyo wrote an adventure story called "The Flute with Six Holes", where Johan and Peewit seek a magical flute which was stolen. They meet the flute's creators, a race of blue-skinned gnomes, called the Smurfs. Peyo designed them as wearing traditional Phrygian caps (conical cap used in antiquity by various peoples of Anatolia and the Balkans), a developed a peculiar language and habits for them.
By 1959, the Smurfs had become popular enough to inspire merchandising of their own. Peyo was asked to create a spin-off comic strip for them. The characters supplanted Johan and Peewit in popularity, though Peyo preferred writing the original series. In 1960, Peyo founded his own studio, allowing him to have trained assistants work on Smurf-inspired stories, and other comics projects (such as "Steven Strong" and "Jacky and Célestin"). Peyo's most notable assistant during the early 1960s was François Walthéry (1946-), who would later create a number of successful series of his own.
In 1963, the first comics album devoted to the Smurfs was published. It was the story "The Purple Smurfs", featuring an infectious disease which turns the affected Smurfs into "violent, irrational and uncontrolled" beings with an urge to bite others. The album was successful, and ensured the production of further albums. By the time of Peyo's death in 1992, 16 comics albums had been completed.
Peyo remained active in the 1970s, but his work output diminished. He did, however, provide a script for the animated film "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute" (1976). He also was tasked with overseeing production aspects of the film. In the 1980s, Peyo authorized an adaptation of his work by the American studio Hanna-Barbera. He served as a story supervisor for the animated series "The Smurfs" (1981-1989). A notable hit of its era, the series lasted for 9 seasons and introduced the Smurfs to a wider international audience.
Until 1989, all Smurf stories were published by Dupuis due to a long-standing contract with Peyo. In 1989, Peyo decided to terminate their business relationship and to establish his own publishing house, Cartoon Creation. It turned out to be a failed business venture. Peyo had been facing recurring health problems throughout the decade, and was unable to properly handle the affairs of the new company. Within a few years, the company folded "due to management problems".
In 1992, the publishing rights to the Smurfs were sold to Le Lombard, a publisher known for holding the rights to "Tintin" since 1946. Peyo tried working with his new publisher, but his career was ending. On Christmas Eve 1992, Peyo died of a heart attack in Brussels at the age of 64.
A number of Peyo's series have been continued by other writers and artists. New Smurfs-related comics albums were published into the 2020s, often with input by Peyo's son, Thierry Culliford. The popularity of the Smurfs has endured, decades after the demise of their creator.- Wayne Satz was born on 10 January 1945. He was an actor, known for Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Tunnel Vision (1976) and 60 Minutes (1968). He died on 24 December 1992 in Studio City, California, USA.
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Vladimír Cech was born on 25 September 1914 in Ceské Budejovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Klíc (1971), The Black Battalion (1958) and Expres z Norimberka (1954). He died on 24 December 1992 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Actress
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One of the few women directors in the early days of Mexican film industry, Adela Sequeyro began her career in movies in 1923, after participating in a contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures and Mexican newspaper "El Demócrata". Although she didn't win the contest, she was the only contestant who made a movie career. She acted in some forgettable silent films between 1923 and 1927. After that, she moved to movie criticism and became famous for her columns signed as "Perlita". She combined journalism with movie acting and, in 1935, she co-directed her first feature: Más allá de la muerte (1935). She also wrote the script, produced and starred the film. She repeated the experience -this time by herself- in 1937 with Mujer de nadie, La (1937) which she also edited. Finally, she directed, wrote and produced her third and last feature in 1938: Diablillos de arrabal (1938). The poor response to her films made her return to journalism. She acted once in a while in some films between 1940 and 1949. In spite of her importance as a pioneer in Mexican film industry, Sequeyro's career was almost ignored until the early 90s, when her films were recovered and shown again.- Mimmo Wåhlander was born on 1 November 1936 in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Arvtagerskan (1962), Så går det till här i världen (1968) and Körsbärsträdgården (1970). She died on 24 December 1992.
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Wadim Berestowski was born on 25 December 1917 in Grodno, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was a director and writer, known for Dzieci z naszej szkoly (1968), Rancho Texas (1959) and Tajemnica dzikiego szybu (1956). He died on 24 December 1992 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Klaus Beuchler was born on 11 February 1926 in Kattnitz, Saxony, Germany. He was a writer, known for Reiseziel Erfurt (1962), Der Mensch neben dir (1966) and Typ mit Stacheln (1979). He died on 24 December 1992 in Berlin, Germany.
- Margery Fisher was born on 21 March 1913 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Jackanory (1965) and The Brains Trust (1955). She was married to James Fisher. She died on 24 December 1992 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK.