Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-17 of 17
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
David began his career with the repertory companies at the Barter Theatre in Virginia America and the Hartford Stage Company followed by his New York debut as one of the twins in A Comedy of Errors in Joseph Papps Shakespeare Festival. In 1968 he played the lead in Summertree at New York's: Lincoln Centre winning the Clarence Derwent Award and the Theatre World Award. Later he played the lead role of Mark Elliott in the television series Love is a Many Splendored Thing followed by the part of Bernie in the comedy series Bridget Loves Bernie. Both were top ranking shows making him a well known name across America and earning numerous awards. He made his film debut in Caravan to Vaccares- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Kenneth Tsang was born on 5 October 1934 in Shanghai, China. He was an actor and director, known for The Replacement Killers (1998), Die Another Day (2002) and The Killer (1989). He was married to Chiao Chiao, Barbara Tang and Lan Di. He died on 27 April 2022 in Hong Kong.- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Jossara Jinaro, described in the Latin media as the "strong, smart, and sexy ultimate woman," was the love child of two Maoists in South America. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and when her Mother married a Colombian diplomat she moved to Colombia. As a little girl she loved to watch movies. Her favorite was "Gilda" because she loved Rita Hayworth as the night club dancing dame. Jossara always dreamed of being just like her. Samba and salsa rhythms pulled Jossara onto the stage. She began dancing at the age of 5 and by the time she was 8 she did her first play. Her Step-Father was held hostage by the guerrilla and soon after he was released her family sought safety in the United States.
She fully learned English at the age of 15 and soon found herself caught between a traditional Latin Family and her new American identity. She decided to leave home at the age of 16 and pursue her artistic dreams. Her first professional gig was singing and dancing at the theme park Old Indiana Fun Park where everybody recognized her as the girl playing Janet Jackson. This love for singing and dancing got her in a BFA musical theatre program that fall. She graduated top of her class and was recognized as the best actress and most likely to succeed. She got her first agent in Chicago and started working professionally right away. Chicago reviewers referred to her as "dynamic and versatile, the ultimate chameleon," "a classic beauty who fills the stage with heat, passion, and intensity."
Jossara left Chicago to play Rene, the seductress in "Dark Rapture," at the American Conservatory Theatre. An agent approached her after her opening night and asked her to come to Los Angeles. Once she arrived in LA she was soon snatched up by Columbia Tri-Star to play the beautiful and funny Virginia Bustos in the Alma nominated sitcom "Viva Vegas." Since then, Jossara has fought for and been very fortunate to play strong, positive and non-traditional roles for Latinas.
After making her network debut recurring on Judging Amy as Cheech Marin's smart and driven activist daughter, she got the attention of Emmy-Award winning director/producer Christopher Chulack, who cast her on ER and later opposite Simon Baker on Smith. The storyline of her role on "Passions," as Rae, the strong and sexy club owner, was nominated for the 2006 GLAAD award. She went back to Colombia in 2009 to work on the Novela La Bella Ceci y El Imprudente and returned to Hollywood to work on the new series East Los High.
Her biggest love is the film world. So much so that she began to produce her own projects. A budding filmmaker with critically-acclaimed shorts and a feature that was accepted into Panavision's new filmmaker's program. She's made the film festival rounds with award-winning films like Desert Road Kill which garnered her a best supporting Actress award. You may have also seen her in "Devil's Rejects," a Rob Zombie Film, "Havoc," with Anne Hathaway, "TenTricks," with Leah Thompson, "Fly Boys," with Stephen Baldwin, Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center," opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, and recently in Lion Gate's urban hip-hop movie "Go For It!" as Loli, the queen bee of the dance floor.
Jossara still loves to do live theatre. Most recently she was the female lead in "Firehouse" from consulting producer Academy Award winner Robert Moresco and in "The Birthday Present" directed by Academy Award winner Jonathan Sanger.- Guy Moign was born on 17 March 1937. He was an actor, known for La misère et la gloire (1965), Bonne chance, Charlie (1962) and Big Kids (2023). He died on 27 April 2022 in Paris, France.
- Jean-Claude Balard was born on 28 September 1935 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982), Les compagnons d'Eleusis (1975) and War and Peace (1965). He died on 27 April 2022 in Paris, France.
- As briefly dictated by Judy herself, April 13, 2008:
Born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in 1936. Attended Notre Dame Grade School and Notre Dame-McDonell Memorial High School, then attended Rosary Collage, River Forest, Illinois. Attended University of Wisconsin, then worked in the office at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she lived working as a cook in a Quaker co-op in Powellton Village. Left for San Diego, California, around 1959 and lived on a sloop in the yacht basin. From there to the Zen Coffee House and Motorcycle Repair Shop in Pacific Beach. From there to the Upper Cellar, San Diego. From there to Cosmo Alley in Los Angeles. From there to the Unicorn in Los Angeles. From there to The Buddhi in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. From there, she joined Dave Guard and the Whiskey Hill Singers (around 1961) in Menlo Park, California. Left Dave Guard around 1962-1963 and lived at Knife & Fork Restaurant and Motel on Sunset Strip.
So then she married Jerry Yester (1963 or 64 in Washington, D.C.) and continued to work, appearing in Antia Loos' musical "Gogo Loves You," Greenwich Village, 1964 or 1965. Sang at Village Gate, Bitter End, many gigs on East Coast.
Moved back to California (Laurel Canyon), became pregnant in 1967 and moved back to the East Coast when Jerry joined Lovin' Spoonful. Daughter Kate was born in 1968. In 1969 or 70, "Farewell Aldebaran" and in around 1970 or 71, "Rosebud."
Ran away to Sherman Oaks with the piano player, Craig Doerge, in about 1972. Retired from the stage but continued to write songs. Married Craig in 1973 (and are celebrating their 35th anniversary October 2008). She had two new albums, "Loose in the World" and "She Sang California," plus a retrospective set put out by Rhino this last year. - Nikolai Leonov was born on 22 August 1928 in Almazovo, RSFSR, USSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He died on 27 April 2022 in Moscow, Russia.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Assistant
In a career spanning four decades, actor Bob Elkins has played a range of diverse characters too numerous to remember, but too compelling to forget. Despite impossible deadlines, sleep-depriving rehearsal schedules and grueling projects that required him to endure hours in rain, snow and scorching heat, his toughest role may have been the one into which he was born and from which he eventually fled, hiding in the spotlight, seeking the approval of strangers.
Bob Elkins spent his first five years of life in the tiny mountain town of Mt. Hope, West Virginia, the son of a struggling coal miner, and the only brother of two sisters. One of his earliest memories is that of a real-life drama: a nearby creek overflowing its banks, muddy floodwaters inundating the first floor of his two-story house. Oblivious to the danger at hand, young Bob rode his tricycle through the rapidly rising water in the downstairs hallway, his mother desperately yelling for him to come upstairs. He made it just in time, sadly watching the tricycle, his prized possession, get swept away.
In search of better job opportunities and more stable living conditions, Bob's family moved from West Virginia to Muncie, Indiana, where his father went to work for a lawnmower company. The family's economic situation improved slightly, but emotionally, things deteriorated as a result of an invisible wall that his father was slowly and steadily beginning to build around himself.
School was a constant struggle, as Bob had difficulty comprehending textbooks and what teachers were writing on the chalkboard. Little did he or anyone else realize it at the time, but he suffered from dyslexia, a learning disability that would not be identified until much later.
When Bob was 12, his family moved to Covington, Kentucky, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio. It was in that year that a pivotal and tragic event occurred that haunts Bob even now. One day, without warning or explanation, his father simply walked away from home, never to be seen or heard from again. Understandably, Bob was devastated.
Bob fell in love with films because they were an escape. He could escape the fact that his father was gone. He went to movie after movie after movie. He didn't realize it at the time, but he thinks those movies planted the first seed of his interest in acting.
To support her fractured family, Bob's mother took a job as a maid, and his sisters went to work part-time. With grades suffering and, for all practical purposes, no parental supervision, Bob became friends with other teenagers who introduced him to crime.
He got involved with a kid at school who was a bookie. He was a real genius at math. He figured out the odds. Bob was the front guy. He collected all the bets and paid the winners. He also took care of any disagreements. Non-violently, of course.
Bob's career in illegal gambling came to an end when one of his sisters discovered the books he kept, and convinced him that what he was doing was wrong. Bob quit working for his bookie friend, but continued down an equally dangerous path, hanging out with a rough crowd, staying out late at night and stealing things, like boxes of cigarettes. On one occasion, the group stole a car and took it for a joyride. Bob's life of youthful crime came to an abrupt halt when one night, he and his buddies got caught breaking into a coal company office.
A police officer arrested them and took them to the police station. He told them what would happen if they was sent to reform school. And that stopped his life of crime.
Because of failing grades, Bob attended summer school for five years. He also worked odd jobs, and became involved in sports. At the age of 18, like many young men his age, he joined the U.S. Navy. It was a turning point in Bob's life, as the Navy gave 600 recruits an aptitude test, the top 5% of whom were selected to go to college at the government's expense. Bob was among the top 5%.
Although he refused the Navy's offer of free college tuition, Bob accepted an alternate offer to attend military school. Quickly promoting him to the rank of Petty Officer, the Navy put Bob in charge of a division on a ship, a job that gave him a much-needed boost of self-confidence.
The Navy taught him that he wasn't just some stupid kid. he spent four years with Uncle Sam. It was an experience that really turned his life around.
While in the Navy, Bob learned that his earlier academic difficulties were the result of dyslexia. One of Bob's best friends in the Navy, gunnery officer Lt. Jack Russell, taught Bob to read more efficiently. It was another turning point in Bob's life, as he began reading more, and higher-quality books.
After Bob was discharged from the Navy, a friend talked him into attending night school, which the government paid for. Bob studied liberal arts for a year-and-a-half before his life took yet another turn, when he noticed a newspaper ad for an acting school in Cincinnati.
Bob was able to draw from his experience in the Navy for his first professional acting job, a small part as a shore patrol officer in a stage production of the comedy Mister Roberts. A year later, he found himself playing the lead role in that same play.
From the beginning, Bob enjoyed glowing reviews, and earned praise from fellow actors and directors. One director encouraged him to move to New York or Hollywood, to pursue work on Broadway, or in movies. However, romance intervened, and at age 25 Bob got married, and chose to stay in the Cincinnati area. During the next few years, he and his wife had four children.
Bob continued acting, appearing in dozens of plays and TV commercials. Like most professional actors, though, he was not able to earn a living doing what he most enjoyed, so he supported his family by working a series of day jobs. One of his jobs was that of a salesman for a Fortune 500 chemical company. Despite having failed chemistry in high school, Bob worked his way up to the position of assistant vice president of the company's industrial division.
Bob's acting career received a sudden boost in 1980, when he auditioned for and won a part in the motion picture Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), starring _Sissy Spacek_ and _Tommy Lee Jones_.
Bob as Bobby Day the DJ in Coal Miner's Daughter
Bob's experience working on Coal Miner's Daughter taught him a lot about acting for motion pictures.
Unfortunately, Bob's personal life was not going nearly as well as his professional life seemed to be. Shortly after filming Coal Miner's Daughter, his marriage ended in divorce. It was the second major traumatic event of his life, leaving him in a deep state of depression.
Unable to get motivated, Bob passed up several professional opportunities during this period. Finally, facing a mid-life crisis, he gave up the more stable corporate life to pursue acting full time, moving with a friend to Orlando, Florida.
Disappointed with the acting opportunities in Orlando, Bob returned to Cincinnati, where he remained for several years, working in theater and getting occasional movie and television roles, including one in which he co-starred with Sandy Dennis in Trouble With Mother.
After Bob's children were grown, he decided to take another stab at Hollywood, this time hitting the road for Los Angeles. In L.A., Bob studied acting under such professionals as Dee Marcus and Jason Alexander (George on Seinfeld). He also did several plays, including Passion Fruit, and movies that included The Big Day, with Saundra Seacat. However, good acting jobs were few and far between, and like many actors in Hollywood, Bob ran out of money and decided to return home. It might have been the best decision he ever made.
Back in Cincinnati, Bob immediately began getting work in a variety of motion pictures and television shows, including This Train with Soupy Sales, and Tattered Angel with Lynda Carter. More recently, he had a supporting role in the ABC television movie The Pennsylvania Miners' Story, in which he played the father of a trapped miner, and the acclaimed docu-drama James Cameron's Expedition: Bismarck on the Discovery Channel, in which he portrayed German Admiral Gunther Lutgens.
In February of 2003, Bob was honored to win the Best Actor Award in the Dublin Film and Music Festival in Ireland, for his portrayal of a homeless man in the independent film Homefree (2002), written and directed by Greg Newberry. He also starred in several feature films including Act of Contrition (2019), and worked on projects with Carrie-Ellen Zappa, including teaching acting for Zappa Studios.- Sherry Stafford-Loibl was married to Bern Loibl. She died on 27 April 2022 in the USA.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Jane Chermayeff was born on 27 July 1935 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Jane was a director and cinematographer, known for Zebra (1971). Jane was married to Sandy Batchelder and Peter Chermayeff. Jane died on 27 April 2022 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.- Kristian Lundberg was a writer, known for The Yard (2016), The Celestial Darkroom (2017) and Efter tio (2006). He died on 27 April 2022 in Skurup, Skåne län, Sweden.
- Shirley Nelson was born on 12 October 1925 in Shillington, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Way Out (1966). She was married to Rudy Nelson. She died on 27 April 2022 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
- Lil Eloe was born on 11 February 1999. He was an actor, known for Lil Eloe: Loe Lumber (2021) and Lil Eloe: Blessed (2022). He died on 27 April 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Karen Jackson was born on 3 October 1964 in Houston, Texas, USA. She died on 27 April 2022 in Texas, USA.
- Carlos María García Cambón was born on 27 March 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 27 April 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Virginija Kelmelyte was born on 17 November 1963 in Neringa, Lithuanian SSR, USSR [now Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Mano mazyte zmona (1984), Pabudimas (1989) and Day of the Fish (1990). She died on 27 April 2022 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Bernard Pons was born on 18 July 1926 in Béziers, Hérault, France. He was married to Josette Cross. He died on 27 April 2022 in Aigues-Mortes, Gard, France.