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Sir Ian Holm was one of the world's greatest actors, a Laurence Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning, BAFTA-winning and Academy Award-nominated British star of films and the stage. He was a member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company and has played more than 100 roles in films and on television.
He was born Ian Holm Cuthbert on September 12, 1931, in Goodmayes, Essex, to Scottish parents who worked at the Essex mental asylum. His mother, Jean Wilson (née Holm), was a nurse, and his father, Doctor James Harvey Cuthbert, was a psychiatrist. Young Holm was brought up in London. At the age of seven he was inspired by the seeing 'Les Miserables' and became fond of acting. Holm studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1950 to the Royal Shakespeare Company. There he emerged as an actor whose range and effortless style allowed him to play almost entire Shakespeare's repertoire. In 1959 his stage partner Laurence Olivier scored a hit on Ian Holm in a sword fight in a production of 'Coriolanus'. Holm still had a scar on his finger.
In 1965 Holm made his debut on television as Richard III on the BBC's The Wars of the Roses (1965), which was a filmed theatrical production of four of Shakespeare's plays condensed down into a trilogy. In 1969 Holm won his first BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor for The Bofors Gun (1968), then followed a flow of awards and nominations for his numerous works in film and on television. In 1981, he played one of his best known roles, Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981), for which he was nominated for Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In the late 1990s, he gave a highly-acclaimed turn as the lawyer, Mitchell, in Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and was subsequently cast in a number of high-profile Hollywood films of the next decade, playing Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element (1997), Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), and Professor Fitz in The Aviator (2004), as well as Zach Braff's character's father Gideon in Garden State (2004). His last non-Hobbit film role was a voice part as Skinner in Ratatouille (2007).
Ian Holm had five children, three daughters and two sons from the first two of his four wives and from an additional relationship. In 1989 Holm was created a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), and in 1998 he was knighted for his services to drama. He died in London in June 2020.- Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born on 25 September 1964 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He died on 19 June 2020 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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Most of Peter Skerl's biography is still hidden in mystery. He started his career in Italy as a stage director in the late 1950s. Later in his life, he claimed that he had worked as an assistant director for Ingmar Bergman during the making of Hour of the Wolf (1968) and Shame (1968), but no source supports this claim. In the early 1970s he moved to Austria and co-wrote the screenplay for Naked Girl Murdered in the Park (1972). Back in Italy, in 1976 Skerl directed Dog Lay Afternoon (1976), but Virgilio Mattei had to be credited as the sole director in order for the movie to be considered an Italian production. After other projects failed to materialize, Skerl moved to the United States. No further detail of his biography is known, except for a last tragic event: his daughter Catherine was murdered in Rome on January 21, 1984.- Director
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Lefteris Xanthopoulos was born on 17 February 1945 in Athens, Greece. He was a director and writer, known for Kali patrida, syntrofe (1986), Yorgos from Sotirianika (1978) and Elliniki koinotita Haidelvergis (1976). He died on 19 June 2020 in Athens, Greece.- Additional Crew
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Nicolas Joël was born on 6 February 1953 in Paris, France. He was a director and producer, known for La Rondine (2009), Daphne (2004) and Samson and Delilah (2008). He died on 19 June 2020 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France.- André Sallyman was born on 9 September 1929 in Gentofte, Denmark. He was an actor, known for The Ways of Women (1970), Strømer (1976) and Rend mig i revolutionen (1970). He died on 19 June 2020.
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Timothy Regler was born on 12 June 1952 in Burbank, California, USA. Timothy was a producer and director, known for Judge Judy (1996), The People's Court (1981) and Judge Joe Brown (1998). Timothy died on 19 June 2020 in Carlsbad, California, USA.- Music Department
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A.L. Raghavan was born in 1933 in India. He was an actor and producer, known for Gayatri (1977), Nenjil or Aalayam (1962) and Annapurna (1964). He died on 19 June 2020 in Chennai, India.- Véra Durey was born on 4 November 1925 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for School for Love (1955) and Bouquet de joie (1956). She was married to Christian Asse. She died on 19 June 2020 in Villenave d'Ornon, Gironde, France.
- Tony Jaffe was born on 30 September 1934 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Sudden Death (1985), An Opportunist (2018) and Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2018). He was married to Gwen. He died on 19 June 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Tray Savage was born on 5 July 1993 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Tray Savage: Kno Who I Am (2013), Tray Savage: Lessons (2014) and Ballout feat. Tray Savage: My Set (2013). He died on 19 June 2020 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Hae-Il Cho was born on 18 April 1941 in Harbin, Manchukuo. He was a writer, known for Winter Woman (1977). He was married to Jung Suk-mi. He died on 19 June 2020 in Seoul, South Korea.
- Svetlana Yefremova was born on 24 November 1946 in Cheboksary, Chuvash ASSR, RSFSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Ya vas lyubil... (1968). She died on 19 June 2020.
- Sarah Shipton was born on 23 October 1933 in Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for What We Did on Our Holiday (2006). She died on 19 June 2020 in the UK.