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- Ignacio López Tarso was born on 15 January 1925 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Macario (1960), El Pantera (2007) and Rosa blanca (1961). He was married to Clara Aranda. He died on 11 March 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Chen Kenichi was born on 5 January 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Toto Nêchan (2016), Iron Chef (1993) and Tetsuko no heya (1976). He died on 11 March 2023 in Japan.
- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Internationally acclaimed author John Jakes was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from DePauw University with a degree in creative writing and later also added an M.A. in literature from Ohio State to his résumé. Jakes worked as a copywriter for advertising agencies for sixteen years before making the decision to become a full-time author of fiction. His first published work in 1950 was for pulp magazines like Amazing Stories. His made his breakthrough in 1973 when he received a $15,000 advance payment from a paperback publisher to begin work on The Kent Family Chronicles, a series of eight novels detailing the lives of a fictional American family through 200 years of history. By the time the final volume hit the shelves, more than 30 million copies had been sold. Jakes wrote all of his manuscripts on a typewriter he had purchased for $35 in 1955.
By the late 70s, Jakes had published more than 200 stories of science fiction, fantasy, crime and the Wild West, in addition to 50 novels, of which six (set during the Roman/Biblical era) appeared under the pseudonym Jay Scotland (his other frequent aliases were Robert Hart Davis and J. X. Williams). Ultimately his best known work has been the epic, bestselling North and South trilogy. This Pulitzer-prize nominated saga of two families, the Hazards (pioneering Yankee industrialists) and the Mains (traditional Southern plantation owners) and their relationship during the Civil War and its aftermath was adapted by ABC-TV as a miniseries. An all-star cast was headed by Patrick Swayze (as Orry Main) and James Read (as George Hazard). Sadly, the superior production values so evident in the filming of Book One rather diminished in the subsequent instalments. Script and most of the acting, however, were excellent throughout. Both books and series also benefitted greatly from the author's meticulous research and his adherence to the historical record and his uncanny ability to make his characters believably human, be it for good or bad. Jakes has been popularly dubbed "America's history teacher" and "the people's author".
John Jakes lived and worked for many years in Hilton Head, South Carolina, before relocating to Bird Key in Sarasota, Florida. His wife Rachel briefly appeared as Mary Todd Lincoln in North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985). They had four children. Jakes died at the age of 90 on March 11 2023.- Bud Grant was born on 20 May 1927 in Superior, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Patricia Nelson. He died on 11 March 2023 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.
- Keith Johnstone was born in Devon, England in 1933. In 1962 Keith directed the original production of "The Knack" written by Ann Jellicoe first performed at the Camden Arts Theatre, but soon moving to the Royal Court Theatre. Some references credit Jellicoe with a "co-director" role, but Keith is rarely given any credit for co-writing even though he made substantial contributions to both dialogue and stage directions now incorporated into published versions of the play. Johnstone himself was, at least in part, the inspiration for the character Tom, the character who rents the room and paints it in weird colours and hangs the chairs on the wall in the play. His imposingly tall and husky stature, though often disheveled and shambling, added to his charisma and winning smile always served him well with female admirers.
His work with Royal Court Theatre actors developed the seeds of his theories and teachings about improvisation, but also to some improvisation performances on television in the UK that eventually appeared in North America as "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" starring Drew Carey and a small core of extremely talented improvisational actors and guest stars.
In the beginning of the 1970's, Keith accepted a teaching position in Canada at the University of Calgary. He co-founded a theatre company that based its work in Impro, with Mel Tonken that is now world famous, the Loose Moose Theatre Company that began performances in a renovated building which formerly housed huge municipal water system equipment. In 1979 Keith Johnstone published a book entitled "IMPRO", which is now considered a seminal work on the subject of improvisation, and especially "TheatreSports" which has grown to a worldwide genre of competitive style improv performance companies.
Keith retired as professor emeritus from the University of Calgary (as of 1996) and has been succeeded as Artistic Director of Loose Moose Theatre by one of the original cast of Loose Moose, Dennis Cahill. - Bill Tidy was born on 9 October 1933 in Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Fosdyke Saga (1977), Quick on the Draw (1974) and World of Laughter (1974). He was married to Rosa Colotti. He died on 11 March 2023 in the UK.
- Kwon Byung-gil was born on 5 November 1946 in the Republic of Korea. He was an actor, known for A Moment to Remember (2004), Memories of Murder (2003) and Mother (2009). He died on 11 March 2023 in South Korea.
- Hy R. Agens was born on 4 July 1940 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Without a Trace (1983). He was married to Melee Verro . He died on 11 March 2023 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
- Costa Titch was an actor, known for Costa Titch & Champuru Makhenzo feat. Phantom Steeze, Man T, Sdida & C'Buda M: M Gang (2022). He died on 11 March 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Actor, director, educator. In 1975-76 he directed at the Wegierka Theater in Bialystok. Theater Director: Boguslawski 's Theather in Kalisz (1977-80), Puppet and Actor Pinocchio in Lódz (1993-2009). Lecturer at the Acting Department of the State Higher School of Film, Television and Theater in Lódz, in 1989 its dean. In 1962 he graduated from the Acting Department, and in 1969 from the Film Directing Department at the same university.- William G. Johnsson was born on 20 June 1934 in Adelaide, Australia. William G. was married to Noelene. William G. died on 11 March 2023 in Loma Linda, California, USA.
- Composer
David Kamien was born on 22 July 1928 in Schenectady, New York, USA. David was a composer, known for Tatort (1970) and Die Kriminalerzählung (1973). David was married to Evelyn Bridges. David died on 11 March 2023 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.- Michel Peyramaure was born on 30 January 1922 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France. He was a writer, known for Les z'ados (1978), The Christmas Orange (1996) and What Women Want (2005). He died on 11 March 2023 in France.
- Peter Boychuk was born on 6 July 1931 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was married to Grae. He died on 11 March 2023 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.