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Alan Arkin was an Academy Award-winning American actor who was also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer.
He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany. In 1946, the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, California. His father, David I. Arkin, was an artist and writer, who worked as a teacher, and lost his job for merely refusing to answer questions about his political affiliation during the 1950s Red Scare. His father challenged the politically biased dismissal and eventually prevailed, but unfortunately it was after his death. His mother, Beatrice (Wortis) Arkin, a teacher, shared his father's views. Young Arkin was fond of music and acting, he was taking various acting classes from the age of 10. He attended Franklin High School, in Los Angeles, then Los Angeles City College from 1951 - 1953, and Bennington College in Vermont from 1953 - 1954. He sang in a college folk-band, and was involved in a drama class. He dropped out of college to form the folk music group The Tarriers, in which Arkin was the lead singer and played guitar. He co-wrote the 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song" - a Jamaican calypso folk song, which became better known as Harry Belafonte's popular version, and reached #4 on the Billboard chart. At that time Arkin was a struggling young actor who played bit parts on television and on stage, and made a living as a delivery boy, repairman, pot washer and baby sitter. From 1958 - 1968 he performed and recorded with the children's folk group, The Babysitters. He has also recorded an entire album for the Elektra label titled "Folksongs - Once Over Lightly."
In 1957 Arkin made his first big screen appearance as a lead singer with The Tarriers in Calypso Heat Wave (1957). Then he made his Off-Broadway debut as a singer in "Heloise" (1958). Next year he joined the Compass Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. There he caught the eye of stage director Bob Sills and became the original member of the "Second City" troupe in Chicago. In 1961 Arkin made his Broadway debut in musical "From the Second City", for which he wrote lyrics and sketches, then starred as David Kolowitz in the Broadway comedy "Enter Laughing" (1963), for which he won a Tony Award. He starred in a Broadway musical "From the Second City production, then returned to Broadway as Harry Berlin in "Luv" (1964). Arkin made his directorial debut with an Off-Broadway hit called "Eh?" (1966), which introduced the young actor, named Dustin Hoffman. He won a Drama Desk Award for his direction of the Off-Broadway production of "Little Murders" (1969), and another Drama Desk Award for "The White House Murder Case" (1970). He also directed the original version of Neil Simon's hilarious smash, "The Sunshine Boys" (1972), which ran over 500 performances.
Arkin earned his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his feature acting debut in a comedy The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), by director Norman Jewison, co-starring as Lt. Rozanov, a Soviet submariner who is mistaken for a spy after his boat accidentally wrecks aground in New England. Arkin demonstrated his dramatic range as the psychopathic killer Roat in suspense film Wait Until Dark (1967), opposite Audrey Hepburn. He reinvented himself as the sensitive deaf-mute in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), for which he received his second Academy Award Nomination as Best Actor in the Leading role. He followed with what remained his best known role as Captain Yossarian in Catch-22 (1970), directed by Mike Nichols and based on the eponymous anti-war novel by Joseph Heller. In it Arkin arguably gave his strongest performance, however, his career suffered because the film initially did not live up to expectations. After a few years of directorial work on television, Arkin made a comeback with an impressive portrayal of doctor Sigmund Freud in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976). In the early 1980s he acted in three movies that were family affairs, written by his wife, Barbara Dana, and co-starring his son, Adam Arkin.
During the 1990s he turned out several notable performances, such as a bitter former baseball player in TNT's Cooperstown (1993), and as a hilarious psychiatrist opposite John Cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). He won raves for his portrayal of a divorced father who struggles to keep his kids enrolled in the Beverly Hills school system in Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). Arkin gave a brilliant performance opposite Robin Williams in Jakob the Liar (1999), a film about the Nazi occupation of Poland. He also returned to the New York stage co-starring with his son, Tony Arkin and Elaine May in "Power Plays", which he also co-authored. His most recent comeback as a heroin-snorting, sex-crazed, foul-mouthed grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), earned him his third Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, and his first Academy Award.
Alan Arkin had been a modern Renaissance man. In addition to his achievements as an actor, director, and producer, he made his mark as a singer-songwriter with his popular-song compositions "Banana Boat Song", "Cuddle Bug," "That's Me," and "Best Time of the Year." Arkin also authored several books, including science-fiction and some children's stories, such as "The Clearing", "The Lemming Condition" and "Cassie Loves Beethoven" among his other publications. He was a father of three sons, Adam Arkin, Matthew Arkin, and Anthony Arkin, and a grandfather of Molly Arkin.
Alan Arkin was a strong supporter of an organic way of living and also a proponent for preservation of the environment and natural habitat. He avoided the show-biz-milieu and was known as an actor who does not really care about prestigious awards, but values having a good job and being acknowledged by his peers. In Arkin's own words he wanted to "Stay home for three months. Living as quietly as humanly possible." Arkin was given an Indian name, Grey Wolf, by his Native American friends in New Mexico.
Alan Arkin died in California on June 29, 2023 at the age of 89. He is survived by his three sons - Adam, Matthew, and Anthony Dana Arkin, and with Dana, Alan Arkin is survived by third wife, Suzanne Newlander Arkin, whom he married in 1999.- Don Kennedy began his radio career in 1943 with a half-watt homemade radio station in the basement of his mother and father's home in his native Beaver, Pennsylvania. His first paying position was in 1947 as an announcer at WPIC in Sharon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Youngstown, Ohio. While in college, he announced news, sports scores and did music programs at WBVP in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. After military service as a radio studio manager in a psychological warfare unit during the Korean War, he anchored the eleven o'clock news at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia eventually being assigned as a children's show host at that station, a program amassing the largest audience of any such local program in the nation. In 1960 he established WKLS-FM in Atlanta, serving as President and GM. He also set up and served as President of Georgia Network and Florida Network, two of the pioneer state news networks in the nation. In 1976 his company returned Atlanta's channel 36, WATL-TV to the air. He is the recipient of the Silver Circle Award and two Emmys from the Atlanta Chapter of NATAS, the Pioneer Broadcaster and Georgia Broadcaster's Hall of Fame awards from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and honorary membership in the Di Gamma Kappa Broadcast Fraternity at the University of Georgia. He has been President of the Georgia Chapter of Muscular Dystrophy, treasurer of the Atlanta Humane Society and board member of the Atlanta Cancer Society. In recent years, Kennedy has been network coordinator for the Atlanta Braves radio network, the Georgia Tech Football and Basketball networks. He syndicated a now defunct weekly BIG BAND JUMP radio program. AT one time BBJ was heard on one hundred stations in thirty-two states, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He is also the voice of several cartoon characters on cable's Cartoon Network and narrator for award winning documentaries seen on the nine television stations of Georgia Public Television. He is also a regular volunteer reader for the Georgia Radio Reading Service for the Blind. Don resides in Atlanta.
- Michael Vieau was born on 9 June 1971 in Roselle, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dark Knight (2008), Public Enemies (2009) and Prison Break (2005). He died on 29 June 2023 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Anita Wood Brewer was born on 27 May 1938 in Bells, Tennessee, USA. She was married to Johnny Brewer. She died on 29 June 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
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Angel Wagenstein was born on 17 October 1922 in Plovdiv. In 1950 he completed a degree in Screenwriting in Moscow. He wrote the scripts for 50 feature, documentary and animated films. In 1950 he began work as a screenwriter for the Bulgarian Cinematography and for the DEFA Film Studio. The film Stars, based on his screenplay, was made in 1959 by the German director Konrad Wolf, and won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Some of the best known films, whose screenplays he wrote, are Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971), Amendment to the Law for the Defence of the State (1976), Stars in Her Hair, Tears in Her Eyes (1977), Boris I (1985) and After the End of the World (1998). In the 1990s he devoted his time to writing fiction and published the three novels Isaac's Torah, Far from Toledo and Farewell, Shanghai, receiving international literary recognition for the last two. His books have been translated in many foreign languages, including in French, English, Russian, German, Spanish, and Italian.- Actress
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Antzela Zileia was born on 24 March 1939 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for The Bridge of Happiness (1964), Agapisa kai ponesa (1963) and Forty Brave Lads (1961). She died on 29 June 2023 in Greece.- Actress
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Mita Chowdhury was an actress and writer, known for To Be Continued... (2017), Made in Bangladesh (2019) and Under Construction (2015). She died on 29 June 2023 in London, England, UK.- Christine King Farris was born on 11 September 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for King (1978), West Wing Week (2010) and In the Hour of Chaos (2016). She was married to Isaac Newton Ferris. She died on 29 June 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Shakeel and his family migrated from India to Karachi, Pakistan in 1952. He was born Yusuf Kamal in Bhopal, British India.
Shakeel received his primary education from an English medium school in British India and in a French missionary school in India.
Shakeel was well known for his roles in the PTV drama serial Uncle Urfi (1972), as Mehboob Ahmed in PTV's Aangan Terha (1984) and as Taimoor Ahmad in Ankahi (1982). He acted in a number of local films. He also played the part of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan, along with Christopher Lee, in a British biographical film about the life of founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Jamil Dehalvi's Jinnah (1998). He also appeared in the series Traffic for BBC Channel 4. He was known for his philanthropic activities.
Yousuf Kamal (Urdu: May 1945 - 29 June 2023), known professionally as Shakeel Yousuf (Urdu: was a Pakistani actor best known for his roles in the PTV drama series Uncle Urfi (1975), as Mehboob Ahmed in PTV's Aangan Terha (1984) and as Taimoor Ahmad in Ankahi (1982). - Make-Up Department
Pamela Priest was born on 25 May 1943 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. She is known for Virus (1999), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). She died on 29 June 2023 in Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA.- Francisco Javier Martínez was an actor, known for En un mundo nuevo (1972) and La Pandilla en apuros (1976). He died on 29 June 2023 in Madrid, Spain.
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Charles T. Knight was born on 18 October 1931. He is known for Silent Running (1972), Five Easy Pieces (1970) and Butterflies Are Free (1972). He died on 29 June 2023.- Smaro Gaitanidou was an actress, known for Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004), Every Saturday (1999) and ...Ystera, irthan oi melisses (2000). She died on 29 June 2023 in Greece.
- Lilian Terry was born on 15 December 1930 in Cairo, Egypt. She died on 29 June 2023 in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Anne Ségalen was born on 17 December 1937 in Dzaoudzi, Mayotte. Anne was a writer, known for By the Sea (2015), Master of None (2015) and Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (2007). Anne was married to Jacques Lanzmann. Anne died on 29 June 2023 in Paris, France.- Writer
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Marvin Kitman was born on 24 November 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Ball Four (1976), American Experience (1987) and 50, 000, 000 Joe Franklin Fans Can't Be Wrong (1997). He was married to Carolyne Sibushnick. He died on 29 June 2023 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Jan Stekelenburg was born on 31 October 1941 in Maarssen, Utrecht, Netherlands. He died on 29 June 2023 in Netherlands.
- Harry Klugmann was born on 28 October 1940 in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany [now Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He died on 29 June 2023 in Germany.
- Carlos Alberto Montaner was born on 3 April 1943 in Havana, Cuba. He was a writer, known for Perro de alambre (1980), Transversais (2008) and Chavismo: la peste del siglo XXI (2018). He was married to Linda Periut. He died on 29 June 2023 in Madrid, Spain.
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Jeane Frisbie was born on 8 October 1922 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Jeane is known for They All Laughed (1981) and The Gun and the Pulpit (1974). Jeane died on 29 June 2023 in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA.- Uber Deb was born on 24 June 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Uber died on 29 June 2023 in East Haven, Connecticut, USA.