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The incredibly gifted comedienne-actress Anne Meara is known for her comedic efforts alongside husband-comedian, Jerry Stiller; together, they were 'Stiller and Meara'; they were original members of the improvisational company, the Compass Players, which later evolved as the Second City Theater. They gained popularity with their skits on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), but the act dissolved following the demise of variety television. Meara went on to offer her talents to a variety of television roles, notably the Golden Globe-winning Sally Gallagher in Rhoda (1974), and Veronica Rooney, an outspoken Irish cook in the hit sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979). In later years, Meara played reoccurring characters in Sex and the City (1998) and The King of Queens (1998).- Actor
- Director
John Carter was born on 26 November 1927 in Center Ridge, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Andromeda Strain (1971), Celebrity (1998) and Badlands (1973). He was married to Kendall Thompson Friede (Fewel) and Barbara Jane Williams. He died on 23 May 2015 in New York City, New York, USA.- John Nash was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations. Nash's work has provided insight into the factors that govern chance and decision-making inside complex systems found in everyday life.
His theories are widely used in economics. Serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University during the latter part of his life, he shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi. In 2015, he also shared the Abel Prize with Louis Nirenberg for his work on nonlinear partial differential equations.
Nash's mental illness first began to manifest in the form of paranoia; his wife later describing his behavior as erratic. Nash seemed to believe that all men who wore red ties were part of a communist conspiracy against him; Nash mailed letters to embassies in Washington, D.C., declaring that they were establishing a government. Nash's psychological issues crossed into his professional life when he gave an American Mathematical Society lecture at Columbia University in 1959. Originally intended to present proof of the Riemann hypothesis, the lecture was incomprehensible. Colleagues in the audience immediately realized that something was wrong.
He was admitted to McLean Hospital in April 1959, staying through May of the same year. There, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, a person suffering from the disorder is typically dominated by relatively stable, often paranoid, fixed beliefs that are either false, over-imaginative or unrealistic, and usually accompanied by experiences of seemingly real perception of something not actually present. Further signs are marked particularly by auditory and perceptional disturbances, a lack of motivation for life, and mild clinical depression.
In 1961, Nash was admitted to the New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton. Over the next nine years, he spent periods in psychiatric hospitals, where he received both antipsychotic medications and insulin shock therapy.
His struggles with his illness and his recovery became the basis for Sylvia Nasar's biography, A Beautiful Mind, as well as a film of the same name starring Russell Crowe.
On May 23, 2015, Nash and his wife, Alicia Nash, were killed in a car crash while riding in a taxi on the New Jersey Turnpike. - Additional Crew
Alicia Nash was born on 1 January 1933 in San Salvador, El Salvador. She is known for 60 Minutes (1968), American Experience (1987) and Inside a Beautiful Mind (2002). She was married to John Nash. She died on 23 May 2015 in Monroe Township, New Jersey, USA.- Liv Marit Wedvik was born on 16 January 1970 in Skien, Telemark, Norway. She was married to Kjetil Bergan. She died on 23 May 2015 in Risor, Aust-Agder, Norway.
- Visual Effects
Bill Laverty is known for Minority Report (2002), Planet of the Apes (2001) and National Treasure (2004). Bill died on 23 May 2015 in Venice, California, USA.- Luiz Fernando Ianelli is a Brazilian actor born on March 20, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro. Along with director Carlos Hugo Christensen he established a good partnership and made three of his five films with him: as the boy Zeca da Curva who falls in love with the wind and with another man in The Boy and the Wind (1967); followed by the young troubled teen in Anjos e Demônios (1970) and Enigma para Demônios (1975) in the 1970's. Other films without the director are Ninguém Segura Essas Mulheres (1976) and as the lead in the comedy O Varão de Ipanema (1976).
Despite being a young and talented actor he never made it so big with audiences and didn't land more roles after his last film neither had appearances on TV series of telenovelas. He quit acting and moved to the United States in his later life. He died on May 23, 2015 in California. - Additional Crew
- Producer
Hugh Ambrose was born on 12 August 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a producer, known for The Pacific (2010), Price for Peace (2002) and Moments of Truth with Stephen Ambrose (2001). He was married to Andrea E. Loiacano. He died on 23 May 2015 in Helena, Montana, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Director
Peter 'Pete' Fatovich was born on 1 July 1930 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966), ABC Stage 67 (1966) and The Doctors (1963). He was married to Mary Lou A. Furst. He died on 23 May 2015 in Jupiter, Florida, USA.- Gerd Käfer was born on 19 October 1932 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Uschi Ackermann and Hilde. He died on 23 May 2015 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Ray Neyer was born on 24 April 1929 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was married to Jo-Ann. He died on 23 May 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Sound Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Klaus Bietenholz was born on 29 December 1924 in Zurich, Switzerland. Klaus is known for Die Käserei in der Vehfreude (1958), Der 42. Himmel (1962) and SOS Gletscherpilot (1959). Klaus died on 23 May 2015.- Martin L. Fackler was born on 8 April 1933 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 23 May 2015 in Gainesville, Florida, USA.
- Hsiang Chuan Pei was born on 14 July 1942 in Taiwan. Hsiang Chuan was a producer, known for The New Legend of Shaolin (1994), High Risk (1995) and Magic Sword (1993). Hsiang Chuan died on 23 May 2015 in Taiwan.
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Kent Hansen was born on 15 July 1926 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a cinematographer, known for Hvor går Karl hen? (1957), Kongehuset i tre generationer (1955) and Danmarks konge (1957). He died on 23 May 2015.