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- Actress
- Additional Crew
Oona O'Neil was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, the daughter of famed American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born socialite Agnes Boulton. Oona had a fairly happy childhood, although she rarely saw her busy father. During her teens Oona attended boarding school in New York where she met Gloria Vanderbilt and Carol Marcus, and in 1941 Oona was named one of the most sought-after débutantes of the social season. Oona felt it was only natural that she become an actress, since she was the daughter of a playwright and the granddaughter of James O'Neill, a noted theater actor during the late 19th century.
Oona traveled to Hollywood in 1942, where she met silent film legend Charles Chaplin at the home of her agent. Chaplin began courting Oona after she auditioned for a film he was directing, and the pair married in 1943. He was 54; she was just 18. Oona scrapped plans to become an actress, opting instead to raise a family of what would be eight children with Charlie. Although Oona was content with her life, she was deeply troubled by the failed relationship with her father, who disowned her and cut communication with Oona when she married Chaplin.
During the height of McCarthyism 1952, Chaplin sailed to England to promote a film. En route, Chaplin learned that he would not be allowed to return to the U.S. unless he would submit to inquires regarding his morality. Refusing to do so, he and his family eventually ended up in Vevey, Switzerland.
Oona spent the rest of her life in Vevey, leaving only a few times after Charlie died in 1977 at the age of 88. (Oona was only 51.) Oona developed a few close relationships with Hollywood icons, like actor Ryan O'Neal, but she never married again. She died in Vevey from pancreatic cancer on September 27th, 1991.- Music Department
- Writer
- Producer
Floyd Huddleston was born on 19 August 1918 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Robin Hood (1973), The Aristocats (1970) and 101 Dalmatians (1996). He was married to Nancy Adams. He died on 27 September 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Patricia Panini was an actress, known for Casa de citas (1987), Pedro Navaja (1984) and La muerte de Pancho Villa (1974). She died on 27 September 1991 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
- Bobby Curley was born on 27 May 1959 in Miners Mills, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 27 September 1991 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Writer
- Editor
- Director
Øyvind Vennerød was born on 22 July 1917 in Christiania, Norway. He was a writer and editor, known for Alle tiders kupp (1964), To på topp (1965) and Himmel og helvete (1969). He was married to Anne Margrethe Waagaard. He died on 27 September 1991 in Norway.- After graduating from high school, Köpcke began commercial training in his hometown. However, in the course of the National Socialist rearmament and war policy, he had to break off his training because he was drafted into labor service in 1941. After training as an Air Force radio operator, Köpcke was deployed as a radio squad leader in the Second World War. In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the French. After the end of the war, Köpcke joined Radio Bremen in 1946, where he worked as a speaker for radio plays and school radio programs. He also hosted quiz shows there. In 1948 Köpcke married fellow broadcaster Gertie Kelkenberg. Finally, Köpcke was appointed to the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, later Norddeutsche Rundfunk (NDR), in Hamburg, where he became first news anchor in April 1949.
A decade later, on March 2, 1959, Köpcke spoke for the first time in a "Tagesschau" on ARD television, of which he became chief spokesman at the beginning of 1964. In this role he discovered and influenced many news anchors who followed him. The central news program on ARD television has been broadcast since the 1950s and has only had five chief anchors in half a century: Köpcke, Werner Veigel, Dagmar Berghoff, Jo Brauner and, since October 2004, Jan Hofer. In more than 5,000 "Tagesschau" programs over the next 28 years, Köpcke achieved a level of fame that came close to that of the Federal Chancellor. The ARD news program itself took on the character of an official announcement in the German television culture of the 1960s and 1970s, which was still characterized by the monopoly of public broadcasters. The broadcast time of the "Tagesschau" at 8 p.m. became a permanent fixture in the everyday lives of many German citizens.
Köpcke appeared to the audience with the authority of a government spokesman. However, if there were unexpected incidents in the public appearance of the "Tagesschau" chief spokesman, such as slips of the tongue or Köpcke's holiday beard, this triggered vehement debates in the public. When in 1978 the news anchor was pushed into the background compared to the new figure of the presenter in the newly introduced second ARD news program "Tagesthemen", Köpcke protested against the changed broadcast concept through conspicuous behavior in the so-called "yawning and rustling affair". Köpcke read out his last "Tagesschau" broadcast on September 10, 1987. He retired and developed cancer.
Karl-Heinz Köpcke died on September 27, 1991 in Hamburg. - Roy Fuller was born on 11 February 1912 in Failsworth, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Suspense (1962), Studio 4 (1962) and Drama 61-67 (1961). He was married to Kathleen Smith. He died on 27 September 1991 in Blackheath, London, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Scot Holton was born on 9 April 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Innerspace (1987), Invaders from Mars (1986) and The Aftermath (1982). He died on 27 September 1991 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.- Huib Orizand was born on 24 June 1904 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Village by the River (1958), Inde soete suikerbol (1973) and Uit de wereld van Guy de Maupassant (1976). He died on 27 September 1991 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- H.B. Butler, also known as Dave Butler, was a motion picture producer, director, and a principal partner in W.A. Palmer Films for many years. He did industrial films, TV series, commercials, and documentaries. In the documentary The Day Manolete was Killed, he pioneered the use of all still photographs to tell the story.
- Composer
- Writer
Stefan Kisielewski was born on 7 March 1911 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a composer and writer, known for Kalosze szczescia (1958), Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Zemsta (1957). He died on 27 September 1991 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- John M. Elzey was born on 1 August 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Uncle Ben (1978). He died on 27 September 1991 in Ogden, Utah, USA.