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- Claude Brosset was born on 24 December 1943 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France. He was an actor, known for A Little Romance (1979), The Count of Monte Cristo (1979) and Les rois maudits (1972). He died on 25 June 2007 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Jeeva was born on 21 September 1963. Jeeva was a cinematographer and director, known for Hera Pheri (2000), Dhaam Dhoom (2008) and Ullam Ketkumae (2005). Jeeva died on 25 June 2007 in Moscow, Russia.- Make-Up Department
Chances are, if you saw a movie with one of the stars of the 1930s or 1940s, her hair was done by Carmen Dirigo, who passed away on July 25 in Van Nuys at the age of 99.
Dirigo, born Daisy Obradowits, was a prominent hair and wig stylist in Hollywood's Golden Age, working at the various studios and later in television. Among her stable of stars were Joan Bennett, Yvonne De Carlo, Joan Fontaine and her sister, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Blyth, Elena Verdugo, and many others.
She was born in New York on December 30, 1907 and moved with her mother Lilley to Southern California in the 1920s. Soon after, Lilley started a beauty shop on Cahuenga in Hollywood while Carmen went to school. But the younger Dirigo had show business dreams. From an early age, she worked as a dancer at the Egyptian, Chinese, and Pantages theaters doing prologue shows before feature films ran.
At Carmen's urging, Lilley finally attempted to get into the movie business during the last years of the silents. "I kept after her, but she was very shy," Carmen recalled in 1999. "One day, she went and made an appointment at Universal with Carl Laemmle and she sold him on the idea of having a hairstylist established on the lot. She told him that she once saw a picture where the actress is out in the rain, and when she comes in, her hair is all dry. She told him that he could have someone established on each picture to read the script and follow the story and do it accordingly. He thought that was brilliant, and that's how it all started."
By 1933, after taking a state test to get her cosmetology license, Carmen followed her mother and entered the hairstyling field, first working at United Artists. After four years, she moved to Paramount where she first worked with stars like Fontaine and Fredric March. Eight years later, she came to Universal as head of hairstyling, where her mother had broken ground working with legendary makeup artist Jack Pierce, famous for Universal's slate of classic monster films.
Of the rapid pace of the classic studio days, Carmen remembered the structured approach to the work. "They didn't have time to talk about stuff then," she said. "We would get there early, and have to rush to get people out on time. If I had wigs to do, I'd have to be there at 6:30AM and take the wigs off the block. Max Factor's on Highland and three wigmakers out of Universal would ventilate the wigs. Then, I would style them the night before."
One of her biggest challenges at Universal was the 1948 film, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid which featured underwater photography of star Ann Blyth. "The producer wanted her hair to look as beautiful underwater as out of the water.," she recalled. "I had to get together with a chemist to figure out what we could use that would be pliable in the water. For days, before the picture started, I would be in my department with a fishbowl, and I'd have a hunk of hair which I waved first and sprayed with this chemical. I'd plunk it in the water and swish it around and see if it held the curl. When it did, I knew that it was okay."
While at Universal, Dirigo served as president of the Cinema Hairstylists, an elite association, and was the first hairstylist in the business to get screen credit. In 1951, the nascent television medium beckoned, and she moved to TV on shows including Fireside Theater, which ran until 1955. Around that time,, she did several episodes a CBS show called You Are There, which recreated significant moments from history. For an episode which aired in April, 1955, using wigs and makeup, she and Jack Pierce transformed actor Jeff Morrow into Abraham Lincoln for a staged recreation of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Dirigo's last job in the business was as hairstyling department head for TV's Petticoat Junction, where she worked until 1970. She retired to her house on Coldwater Canyon Boulevard in Van Nuys where she lived the rest of her life. Until a severe fall at home in 2000 left her partially immobilized, Dirigo was an avid equestrian and enjoyed watching her Academy screeners on VHS tapes. She leaves behind no living heirs.
Her legacy, along with her mother's, was creating firm aesthetics for women's hairstyles in films that remains to this day. One Universal press release from 1946 stated: "She is a firm believer in frequent hair style changes and in the choice of simple styles for business and sportswear. Elaborate hairstyles should be created only for evening and formal occasions, she recommends."- Majoor Bosshardt was born on 8 June 1913 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. She died on 25 June 2007 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Michel Lotito was born on 15 June 1950 in Grenoble, France. He died on 25 June 2007 in Grenoble, Isère, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pedro Amalio López was born on 10 June 1929 in Madrid, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Diana en negro (1970), Platea (1962) and Primera fila (1962). He was married to Nuria Carresi. He died on 25 June 2007 in Madrid, Spain.- Nina Vyroubova was born on 4 June 1921 in Gurzuf, Taurida Governorate, Russia [now Crimea, Ukraine]. She died on 25 June 2007 in Paris, France.
- Additional Crew
Fred Brauer was born on 23 August 1917 in Butte, Montana, USA. Fred was married to Harriett. Fred died on 25 June 2007 in Missoula, Montana, USA.- Director
Mahasti Badi'i was born in 1946 in Iran. Mahasti was a director, known for Hasanak (1991), Tale-e Sa'd (1995) and Home, Neighborhood, School (1996). Mahasti died on 25 June 2007 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.- Bethe Douglas was born on 15 November 1923 in Texas, USA. She died on 25 June 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Ken'ichi Tani was born on 21 November 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Gamera vs. Barugon (1966), Gamera: The Giant Monster (1964) and Black Test Car (1962). He died on 25 June 2007 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Adolf Filip was born on 8 January 1931 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Roky prelomu (1989), Dvacátý devátý (1974) and Gottwald (1986). He died on 25 June 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Actor
- Music Department
Turkish Art Music sound artist (1922, Ankara - 25 June 2007, Istanbul). In 1947, he entered Ankara Radio as a sound artist. In 1967, he became the Deputy Chief of the Classical Choir with Together and Solo Songs in the Istanbul Radio and Executive Committee. Birtan, who was appointed as the Choir Conductor after the death of Munir Nurettin Selcuk, continued his duty as Choir Conductor until 1995, although he retired in 1985. Muzaffer Birtan passed away in Istanbul on June 25, 2007. Birtan, who remained in Beylerbeyi Private Asude Nursing Home, was taken to Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital one day before his death due to his health. Birtan died today, despite medical intervention. In Eyup Sultan Cemetery, he was buried next to the poet and writer Necip Fazil Kisakurek.- Karel Meister was born on 6 October 1919 in Horní Bríza, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Mykoin PH 510 (1963), Neobycejná trída (1965) and The Black Battalion (1958). He died on 25 June 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic.