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- David Graf was a Lancaster, Ohio native. He was a graduate of Lancaster High School in 1968. He went on to attend college at Otterbein University where he graduated in 1972 as a theater major. He attended Ohio State University grad school until 1975 when he dropped out to pursue an acting career in New York City. He broke into the movies with Four Friends (1981). David never forgot his roots. He always returned to Lancaster each year in October for the Fairfield County Fair. It was his way of keeping in touch. In a tragic coincidence, David passed away at the same age and condition that his father did. David is survived by his wife of 17 years, Kathryn Graf, two sons, Daniel and Sean; mother and brother who reside in Zanesville, Ohio.
- In her long career, Beatrice Straight did quite a bit of work in the movies, despite plying her trade mostly onstage. When she did grace the silver screen, she did it with great skill. Her first love was theater, having debuted on Broadway in the 1935 "Bitter Oleander". Her work garnered her much acclaim, including laurels in her Tony-winning performance for which she won the award for best supporting actress as Elizabeth Proctor in the 1953 production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". In addition to theater and movies, she gave us notable work on television. In 1978, she won an Emmy nomination for her part as the matriarch Alice Dain Leggett in the miniseries The Dain Curse (1978). No less stately, she played the part of Lynda Carter's Queen Mother in the 1970s Wonder Woman (1975) series. Her life was touched by that same kind of elegance and stateliness that she often portrayed onstage and on-screen. She was born Beatrice Whitney Straight in Old Westbury on Long Island. Her father, banker and diplomat Willard Dickerman Straight, associated with the likes of J.P. Morgan. Her mother, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, was an heiress of the Whitneys, a dynastic (in the sense of TV's own "Dynasty"), moneyed family on the eastern seaboard. Beatrice went to the best schools and caught the acting bug while a student in Devonshire, England, rendering a critically acclaimed performance in a school production of Ibsen's "A Doll's House." Her studies subsequently turned to acting, and she studied under the tutelage of Michael Chekhov, nephew of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and a member of the Moscow Art Theatre. Their relationship was somewhat symbiotic in that she persuaded him to start an acting school, later teaching there herself. It was through her work in the theater that she met her husband Peter Cookson, appearing opposite him as leading lady in "The Heiress" in 1948. She is perhaps best known for her achievement in the 1976 movie Network (1976); after only three days of work in that movie in just a few scenes that actually made it into the final cut, Beatrice Straight contributed such a stellar performance that she earned the Academy Award for the best performance by a supporting actress.
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Ana Medem is known for The Red Squirrel (1993) and Chaotic Ana (2007). She died on 7 April 2001 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain.- Zofia Truszkowska was born on 14 January 1915 in Usti, Czech Republic. She was an actress, known for Julia, Anna, Genowefa (1968), Dom swietego Kazimierza (1984) and Romans Teresy Hennert (1978). She died on 7 April 2001 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Leroy Autry was born on 18 April 1940 in Littlefield, Texas, USA. He died on 7 April 2001 in Hyrum, Utah, USA.
- András Kósa was born on 19 November 1934 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Örjárat az égen (1970), Lopott boldogság (1962) and Egy óra múlva itt vagyok (1971). He died on 7 April 2001 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Michiko Namiki was born on 30 September 1921 in Taiwan. She was an actress, known for Odoru ryûgûjô (1949), Soyokaze (1945) and Kamen no machi (1947). She was married to Hayato Nango. She died on 7 April 2001 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.