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- Actress
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Lovely and ethereal in looks, and quite unassuming in nature, 1930s actress Evelyn Venable was born in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she grew up and received her schooling. Both her father, Emerson Venable, and grandfather were writers/teachers. In her high school drama department, Evelyn played the top leads in their productions of "Romeo and Juliet" (Juliet) and "As You Like It" (Rosalind). Critics were so bowled over by her performances that she was cast in a professional production of "Dear Brutus" in the nearby area. Following graduation, she earned a four-year non-acting scholarship to Vassar but left after the first year to study at the University of Cincinnati. After college the acting bug returned. Encouraged by classical actor/director Walter Hampden, who was a family friend, he invited her to join his touring company where she eventually performed Ophelia to his Hamlet and Roxanne to his Cyrano. Film scouts at Paramount caught these productions and invited her to Hollywood.
Evelyn made her film debut with Cradle Song (1933) and proceeded to take on sensitive, soft-spoken leads or second leads in a number of "A" class fare including Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) with Pauline Lord; the classic fantasy Death Takes a Holiday (1934) starring Fredric March, which is deemed her best role; David Harum (1934) and The County Chairman (1935), both Will Rogers' vehicles; and Alice Adams (1935) starring Katharine Hepburn in the title role. In each of these Evelyn looked simply luminous and proved most able, but perhaps her modest, rather delicate nature didn't carry off enough weight to make her a star. In any event, she was thereafter relegated to working at "poverty-row" studios. She started appearing in movies with titles that indicated a downhill slide was imminent -- Vagabond Lady (1935), Streamline Express (1935), North of Nome (1936), Racketeers in Exile (1937), The Headleys at Home (1938) and Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938). One bright spot would be her sooth voicing of the "Blue Fairy" in the Disney animated classic Pinocchio (1940).
By this time, Evelyn had married Hal Mohr, the Oscar-winning cinematographer she had met on the set of one of Will Rogers' films, and bore him two daughters, Dolores and Rosalia. Interest waned for the actress, who decided that family came first and completely retired after appearing opposite Stuart Erwin Jr. in the light comedy He Hired the Boss (1943). Evelyn gamely returned to college (UCLA) where she studied Greek and Latin and attained a Master's degree. Invited to join the UCLA staff as a drama instructor, she stayed there contentedly for decades. She and Mohr lived in Brentwood, California in later years and enjoyed a 40-year marriage that lasted until his death in 1974. Evelyn died in Idaho of cancer in 1993.- Gladys Walton was born on 13 April 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Pink Tights (1920), Desperate Youth (1921) and The Girl Who Ran Wild (1922). She was married to Kenneth James Wells, Spiro (Samuel) Dilles, Henry Merritt Herbel and Frank Liddell. She died on 15 November 1993 in Morro Bay, California, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
Scott Sommer was born on 20 February 1951. He was a writer and actor, known for CrissCross (1992), Nearing Grace (2005) and Crossing Delancey (1988). He died on 15 November 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.- Dickie Jackson was born on 6 August 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kid from Borneo (1933), Forgotten Babies (1933) and Fish Hooky (1933). He died on 15 November 1993 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lucia Popp was born on 12 November 1939 in Uhorska Ves, Slovakia. She was an actress, known for Bicentennial Man (1999), Philadelphia (1993) and The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). She was married to Peter Seiffert and Gyorgy Fischer. She died on 15 November 1993 in Munich, Bavaria.- Rafael Enrique Saldana was born on 17 April 1924 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Romance en Puerto Rico (1962), Una mujer sin precio (1966) and A Life of Sin (1979). He died on 15 November 1993 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Yelena Gogoleva was a legendary Russian actress of the troupe at Maly Academic Theatre in Moscow.
She was born Elena Nikolaevna Gogoleva on April 20, 1900, in the Russian Empire. Her father, Nikolai Gogolev, was an officer for the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, and was decorated veteran of the Russian-Japanese War of 1904. Her mother was an actress in Russia. Young Gogoleva was performing on stage with her mother from the age of 6. From 1908-1916 she studied at the Imperial Aleksandro-Mariinsky Institute for Noble Ladies. From 1916-1918 she studied acting with the famous actor and director Aleksandr Yuzhin.
From 1918-1993 Gogoleva was a permanent member of the legendary troupe at Maly Academic Theatre in Moscow. There she played over 150 roles on stage. In 1918 she made her theatre debut as a stage partner of then leading actress Maria Ermolova. In 1920 Gogoleva gave birth to her son Igor, who later became a fighter pilot in WWII. That same year she received a precious medallion from actress Ermolova that she would wear through her entire life. Gogoleva was married to actor Vsevolod Aksyonov. They were both known in Moscow for riding horses across the city instead of driving cars.
During the 1930s Gogoleva became the leading actress of Maly Theatre. She worked on stage with such actors as Olga Sadovskaya, Nikolai Annenkov, A. Yablochkina, Varvara Massalitinova, Varvara Ryzhova, Yevdokiya Turchaninova, Vera Pashennaya, Varvara Obukhova, Yelena Shatrova, Elina Bystritskaya, Rufina Nifontova, Tatyana Eremeeva, Aleksandr Yuzhin, Aleksandr Ostuzhev, Vladimir Davydov, Sergei Aidarov, Stepan Kuznetsov, Prov Sadovsky, Boris Ravenskikh, Boris Babochkin, Mikhail Zharov, Mikhail Tsaryov, Igor Ilyinsky, Pavel Olenev, Mikhail Sadovsky, Konstantin Zubov, Viktor Khokhryakov, Vsevolod Aksyonov, Nikolai Ryzhov, Evgeniy Vesnik, Viktor Korshunov, Evgeniy Samoylov, Yuriy Solomin, and many other notable Russian actors. Gogoleva's stage performances were admired by such contemporaries as Vsevolod Meyerhold, Konstantin Stanislavsky, and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, among many others.
Gogoleva exhausted herself on stage by the end of the 1930s. At that time Soviet actors were often compensated with food instead of money. The atmosphere of political repressions under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin imposed a heavy toll on many actor's careers. In 1939, Gogoleva was diagnosed with tuberculosis of a throat. She was losing her voice and her acting career was at risk. She was treated by the best doctors in Moscow but the illness was progressing. Her last hope was to try silence. In 1940 she left Moscow and spent over six months in silence. In 1941 she made a comeback and successfully played the leading role in 'Varvary', a play by Maxim Gorky.
Her son, named Igor, was a fighter pilot during the Second World War. In 1942, Gogoleva received an official letter of his death from the Soviet authorities. In reality her son was taken to a Nazi concentration camp after his plane was downed and seized by the Nazis. He could not contact her for several years. In 1945, Gogoleva received a letter from her son. He wrote that he was back in the Soviet Union, but he was imprisoned and treated badly, and suffered under restrictions from the Soviet authorities. He was finally released and worked as a music record producer until his death in 1969. Gogoleva was hurt by her son's destiny, but her own life was not any sweeter. In 1985 she broke her hip and her acting career was at risk. She managed to recover completely after a surgery. From 1986-1993 she continued acting on stage of Maly Theatre.
In 1990 Gogoleva celebrated her 90th birthday on stage of Maly Theatre in Moscow. Her birthday party was attended by many celebrities, political and cultural figures of Russia. She was three times awarded the State Prize of the USSR, and was designated People's Artist of the USSR and Russia.
Elena Gogoleva passed away on November 15, 1993, and was laid to rest next to her son's tomb in Vagankovskoe Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Luciano Liggio died on 15 November 1993 in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy.
- Writer
- Actor
Maurice Bessy was born on 4 December 1910 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Les mystères de Paris (1943), Deadlier Than the Male (1956) and La brigade sauvage (1939). He died on 15 November 1993 in Paris, France.- Master Isadore Cohen was born on 22 February 1908 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for When Dawn Came (1920). He died on 15 November 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Yelena Odintsova was born on 1 February 1942 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Kholodno - goryacho (1971), Spyashchiy lev (1965) and Ubit pri ispolnenii (1978). She died on 15 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia.
- Composer
Jaan Koha was born on 17 December 1929 in Tartu, Estonia. He was a composer, known for Punane viiul (1975), Jaak ja robot (1965) and Vanapagan sulast kauplemas (1967). He died on 15 November 1993 in Tallinn, Estonia.