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Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He went to work for WGN TV immediately after graduating from high school where he started making documentaries, one of which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1962 San Francisco film festival. In 1965, he moved to Hollywood and immediately started directing TV shows, including an episode of the The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); Hitchcock infamously chastised him for not wearing a tie.- Actress
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A star of German post-war cinema, Dority Margit Saad was born in Munich, the daughter of Lebanese linguist Fuad Jabbour Saad and his wife Agnes, a language teacher. After matriculating, Margit took acting classes at the Otto Falckenberg Academy, financing her studies by working as a model. Tall, blond and undeniably photogenic, she soon graced several magazine covers. One of these led to her screen debut in 1951. During the next two years, she also made her stage bow at the Düsseldorfer Kabarett. Margit was 'discovered' there by the director Robert A. Stemmle and promptly assigned her first starring role in the musical Südliche Nächte (1953). For much of the remaining decade, she was typed in undemanding fare as naïve ingénues or exotic love interest in operettas (The Gypsy Baron (1954)), lightweight comedy (Man ist nur zweimal jung (1958)) Heimatfilms (Drei Birken auf der Heide (1956)) and schmaltzy romances (Drei Mädels vom Rhein (1955)).
With public tastes tending towards more sophisticated material, Margit was finally able to escape her typecasting: first up, as a gangster's moll in the popular caper comedy Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1958), starring opposite O.W. Fischer. Next came a first-billed role as a boutique owner acting as banker for a gang of drug smugglers in Heiße Ware (1959). This was followed by Joseph Losey 's British noir drama The Concrete Jungle (1960) which had Margit cast as the girlfriend of ruthless Soho villain Johnny Bannion (played by Stanley Baker in one of his best roles). Among her other international appearances were episodes of The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959) and The Saint (1962) and she was rather incongruously cast as General Carla of the 'Women's Army of Parazuella' in The Magnificent Two (1967), a so-so comedy with the duo of Morecambe & Wise.
Margit made many stage appearances in both Germany and Austria. Possibly her greatest theatrical success was in the title role of Irma La Douce opposite Harald Juhnke, which premiered in Baden-Baden in 1961. From 1971, she was also active as a director of television documentaries. She made four TV movies based on literary works, beginning with Abenteuer aus dem Englischen Garten (1984) for which she also co-authored the screenplay.
Margit Saad was married to French director, stage and costume designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. She held French citizenship but resided in Munich where she died on August 7 2023, aged 94.- Actress
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Aracy Balabanian was born on 22 February 1940 in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. She was an actress, known for The Next Victim (1995), Rainha da Sucata (1990) and Nino, o Italianinho (1969). She died on 7 August 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Ardhendu Bose was an actor, known for Kalkut (1981), Cobra (1980) and Mera Yaar Mera Dushman (1987). He died on 7 August 2023 in Mumbai.
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Dominique Hulin was born on 11 June 1952 in Kerrata, Algeria. He was an actor, known for The Visitors (1993), Relic Hunter (1999) and Tom Thumb (2001). He died on 7 August 2023 in Ploërmel, Morbihan, France.- Actor
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D.J. Casper was born on 31 May 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Turning Red (2022), Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (2022) and Red Road (2006). He was married to Kim Bradshaw and Kim. He died on 7 August 2023 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Nobel Vega was born on 21 August 1931 in Cuba. He was an actor, known for La justicia de los Villalobos (1961), Aquí están los Villalobos (1962) and Calendar Pin-up Girls (1966). He was married to Nadine Zayas. He died on 7 August 2023 in Miami, Florida, USA.
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Erkin Koray (born 24 June 1941) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist and one of the pioneers of Anatolian rock.
Koray has been in the Turkish rock music scene since the late 1950s or early 1960s. He is widely acclaimed as being the first person to ever play rock and roll in Turkey; in 1957, he and his band gained fame by playing covers of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. He was also one of the first Turkish musicians to embrace the electric guitar and modern amplification. Besides his unique work, he reforms most of well known Turkish folk songs. Koray used Western and Eastern melodies and it became influential on many Turkish musicians. He also invented the Arabesque rock genre.
By the late 1960s, he had become a major figure in Turkish psychedelic music and Anatolian Rock, beginning with his first psychedelic single Anma Arkadas in 1967. Koray followed this with a number of singles, both by himself and in collaboration with others, that established him as a force to be reckoned with on the Turkish rock scene.
In the early 1970s, he formed the group Ter with the former members of the band Bunalim ("Group Depression"). Although they only recorded one single before breaking up, Hor Görme Garibi (a cover of the major Arabesque music hit by Orhan Gencebay) was a smash hit, furthering Koray's career. Ter was influenced by fuzz rock and psychedelia, and featured extended guitar solos and progressive arrangements - something that the record company was not prepared to accept. In 1973, his first album, Erkin Koray, was released, consisting of a collection of singles from 1967-73. He left Istanbul Records after the release of the album. In 1974, he signed with Doglan Records and released Saskin (Dabke).
1974 also saw the release of his groundbreaking album, Elektronik Türküler ("Electronic Ballads"). Finally given the freedom to record an album instead of being limited to 45 rpm singles, Koray and his band created an album that reflected both his Turkish roots and his love of psychedelic and progressive rock. The album's popularity continues to the present day, with several legitimate and non-legitimate releases on both album and CD. Now Koray lives in Vancouver Canada and continues to create new songs to this day, and in Turkish music circles he is often referred to as Erkin Baba ("Erkin the Father") for his pioneering influence on Turkish popular music.
Other major hits by Koray are Fesuphanallah, Istemem, Sevince, Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki , Estarabim, Arap Saçi, Yalnizlar Rihtimi, Akrebin Gözleri and Çöpçüler. In the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), a flowering of interest in psychedelic music made outside of the UK and the US brought Koray to the attention of listeners in the West. Koray is also the inventor of the electric baglama, a traditional Turkish musical instrument related to the lute, and its unique sound can be heard on many of his albums.- Soundtrack
Toussaint McCall was born in 1934 in Delhi, Louisiana, USA. He died on 7 August 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Spandana Vijay Raghavendra was married to Vijay Raghavendra. She died on 7 August 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Jean-Pierre Delamour was born on 10 October 1945 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Le saigneur est avec nous (1974). He died on 7 August 2023 in Le Vigan, Gard, France.
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Sukhdev Dail was born on 23 November 1941. Sukhdev is known for Super Friends (1973), The New Batman Adventures (1997) and Heavy Traffic (1973). Sukhdev died on 7 August 2023.- Mario Tronti was born on 24 July 1931 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He died on 7 August 2023 in Ferentillo, Umbria, Italy.
- Jonathan Schwarz was born on 15 April 1943 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Jonathan is known for Animal House of Blues: 33.3 Special Edition (2018). Jonathan died on 7 August 2023 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- Ellen McKeefe was born on 16 September 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Ellen was a producer, known for American Almanac (1985). Ellen died on 7 August 2023 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
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Claude Drieghe was born on 8 August 1946 in Veurne, Belgium. He was a director and actor, known for Si le diable t'aimait (1967). He died on 7 August 2023 in Gosselies, Belgium.- Loy Ray Clemons was born on 6 June 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Christmas Angel (2009). He was married to Vita. He died on 7 August 2023 in Lehi, Utah, USA.
- Jim Price was born on 13 October 1941 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Lisa. He died on 7 August 2023 in the USA.
- Sepp Reinhard was born on 29 December 1931 in Sachseln, Switzerland. He was married to Rosa Ulrich. He died on 7 August 2023 in Sachseln, Obwalden, Switzerland.
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Kostis Gimosoulis was born in 1960 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Deftero kranos (1997). He died on 7 August 2023 in Athens, Greece.- Angadi Theru Sindhu was an actress, known for Adithya Varma (2019). She died on 7 August 2023 in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
- Zenon Andrusyshyn was born on 25 February 1947 in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany. He died on 7 August 2023 in Land o' Lakes, Florida, USA.
- Ralph J. Lucci was an actor, known for U.S. Marshals (1998). He died on 7 August 2023 in the USA.
- Jean Louis Cohen was born on 20 July 1949 in Paris, France. He died on 7 August 2023 in Ardèche, France.
- Leonid Volodarskiy was born on 20 May 1950 in Moscow, USSR. He was an actor, known for Razvedka, o kotoroy znali nemnogie (2000) and Emulators (2012). He died on 7 August 2023 in Moscow, Russia.