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- Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida to a logging camp boss (Max Sylvester Hendrix) and his wife (Mary Bailley), wholesome, green-eyed, dark-haired Wanda Hendrix was involved in her hometown's little theater group when she was "discovered" by a passing talent agent and signed up by Warner Bros. Her family moved to California.
Forgoing bit parts, the petite and lovely up-and-comer was immediately featured in featured roles in both Confidential Agent (1945) and Nora Prentiss (1947) for Warner Bros. and Welcome Stranger (1947) for Paramount. Signing up with Paramount, she earned one of her best film roles with Ride the Pink Horse (1947), in which there was talk of an Oscar nomination, and appeared elsewhere in the light comedy Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) and the melodrama My Own True Love (1949).
After appearing on the cover of Coronet magazine, decorated WWII hero-turned-Universal star Audie Murphy took notice and arranged a meeting with her. They married on February 8 1949, and she co-starred with him a year later in one of his western vehicles, Sierra (1950). The marriage had problems from the beginning. Audie, who wanted her to give up her career, suffered from flashbacks and paranoia from his traumatic war-time experiences and often held her at gunpoint during violent episodes. The frightened woman left him after only seven months and divorced him soon after, charging him with mental cruelty. The final decree came on April 14, 1950.
The negative publicity that came out of their stormy marriage did little to enhance Wanda's status in Hollywood and, after a few standard oaters and war yarns, the more notable ones being Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949) co-starring Alan Ladd, The Highwayman (1951) with Charles Coburn, and Roger Corman's Highway Dragnet (1954) with Richard Conte, her career waned. The actress retired completely from pictures in 1954 to marry millionaire playboy and sportsman James L. Stack, Jr., brother of actor Robert Stack. She earlier appeared with her famous brother-in-law in the films Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) and My Outlaw Brother (1951).
The career sacrifice did little to help the marriage and the couple divorced in 1958. Returning to acting, she made a comeback on stage, film and TV but experienced little progression. Overlooked in her three 1960s films, her last film roles were filmed in the early 1970s. "Mystic Mountain Massacre", co-starring Ray Danton, was never released, and the Civil War horror One Minute Before Death (1972), based on a short story "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe, in which she co-starred with Barry Coe and Gisele MacKenzie, died a quicker death than even the title suggests.
In 1969, she married a third and last time, to oil company executive Steve La Monte in Las Vegas. At one point, she considered collaborating with author Douglas Warren on an autobiography of her first husband, Audie Murphy, but it never came to fruition. Divorced from her third husband in 1980, Wanda died shortly thereafter at age 52 of double pneumonia in Los Angeles. She had no children. - Susanna Pasolini was born on 10 March 1891 in Casarsa della Delizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964). She was married to Carlo Alberto Pasolini. She died on 1 February 1981 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Geirr Tveitt was one of Norway's most prominent music creators of his generation and known for his enormous talent, imaginative musical style, and deep roots in Norwegian culture. He was a contentious and stubborn personality, like Beethoven, Munch, and Picasso. Some thought him odd, but he was also a generous and humorous person who was dedicated to conveying his music.
Tveitt made his debut as a composer during his years of study in Leipzig, where his piano concerto was met with great enthusiasm. In 1938, he had his breakthrough with the orchestral version of the Norse-inspired ballet music "Baldurs draumar," (Baldurs Dreams) which was characterized as the music event of the year in Oslo. Tveitt's work collecting folk tunes before and during the occupation of Norway led to his most famous works, "Femti folketoner frao Hardanger" (Fifty folk tunes from Hardanger) for piano and "Hundrad hardingtonar" (One hundred Hardingtons) for symphony orchestra. These works show his inspiration from Bartok and Ravel in a distinct folk-inspired, impressionistic tone language rooted in Norway.
Tveitt was also a skilled piano virtuoso and conductor and toured extensively in Southern Europe and North Africa, and his music was well-received in Paris as well. Tveitt's vast production ranges from opera, symphonies, and solo concerts to simple songs. Several of his song melodies, such as "Vi skal ikkje sova bort sumarnatta," (We will not sleep away the summer night) are now part of the Norwegian basic repertoire.
Tveitt's music is known for its catchy and melodious character and is suitable for use in large ceremonies and as film music. His work has had a significant impact on Norwegian music history and has led to him being recognized in large parts of the world as one of Norway's most distinguished classical music creators, with a unique ability to capture landscapes and culture, convey feelings and atmospheres to the visual in his music repertoire.
Tveitt's music has made him an important part of Norwegian cultural heritage.- Doda Prazský was born on 13 June 1898 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Christian (1939), Nevinná (1939) and Hotel Modrá hvezda (1941). He died on 1 February 1981.
- Lore Kornell was born on 29 December 1895 in Posen, Prussia, Germany. She was a writer, known for Bei Tag und Nacht (1964), Bäume sterben aufrecht (1958) and Keine Angst vor der Hölle? (1965). She died on 1 February 1981 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Actor
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Michel Hildesheim was born on 21 October 1908 in Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for The Red Circle (1960), Z.P.G. (1972) and Without a Stitch (1968). He died on 1 February 1981 in Denmark.- Sound Department
Georgiy Ivanovich Martynyuk is Soviet sound engineer at Soyuzmultfilm studio since 1950. Member of the Great Patriotic War. Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR (1975).
Martynyuk studied at the courses of sound engineers in Moscow. In 1932 he joined the Kiev film factory, and in 1938 - at the Moscow sound recording factory, where he worked on the creation of radio films. After the World War II, he worked on recording orchestral phonograms for feature films, then since 1950 Georgiy worked at the Soyuzmultfilm movie studio. In addition, Martyniuk participated in the dubbing of more than 30 foreign feature films into Russian.- Donald Douglas was born on 6 April 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He died on 1 February 1981 in Palm Springs, California, USA.