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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Janet began her stage career, right out of high school, at the legendary Kansas City Starlight Theatre, appearing in many many musicals including: "Hello Dolly", "Guys and Dolls"," Mame", "Gypsy", "South Pacific", "Pajama Game", "Carousel" and many others. Janet continued her stage work in California for many years, starring opposite Cloris Leachman in "A Couple of White Chicks", starred with Lynn Redgrave and John Lithgow in "Lady Windemere's Fan", among other productions. Janet made her Broadway debut in "Little Women", alongside Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern.
Her big break in films came when she was cast as Tom Cruise's mother in Risky Business (1983). From there, she went on to star in numerous films, working almost non-stop till last year. Her films include: Family Business (1989), Memories of Me (1988), Forces of Nature (1999), The Killing Time (1987), Enough (2002), Talent for the Game (1991), "My Guaranteed Student Loan", among many others. Her television career was just as busy, with recurring roles or lead roles in: The Bronx Zoo (1987), Murphy Brown (1988), Melrose Place (1992), Married... with Children (1987), Bonnie (1995), and guest appearances on: Brothers & Sisters (2006), Scrubs (2001), Designing Women (1986), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), Mary (1985), etc. Her co- stars includes such luminaries as: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Celeste Holm, Jennifer Lopez, Sandra Bullock, Billy Crystal, Alan King, Ben Affleck, Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Brad Pitt, Matthew Broderick, Billy Campbell, Lorraine Bracco and Edward James Olmos, to name a few.
Janet won the coveted Los Angeles Drama Logue Critics Award for outstanding achievement in theatre for Ezra Pound's "Electra". For eight years, she was the Artistic Director of The Jazz Series at The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, Janet was the co-founder of "The Victory Ball" in Westport CT, annually benefiting ALS Foundation(Lou Gehrig's Disease). She served on the Executive Board of Directors of Ginny Mancini's "Society of Singers" as VP of Development.
Her ashes will be spread in the Edgebrook Lutheran Church Memorial Garden in Chicago, Illinois, in a ceremony to be determined at a later date.- Janet Lees-Price was born on 19 April 1943 in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Blake's 7 (1978), Poirot (1989) and By the Sword Divided (1983). She was married to Paul Darrow. She died on 22 May 2012 in Horsham, West Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Aleksey Vanin was born on 13 February 1924 in Blagoveshchenka, RSFSR, USSR [now Altai Krai, Russia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Gentlemen of Fortune (1971), And I Was There (2016) and Pogovorim, brat (1979). He died on 22 May 2012 in Moscow, Russia.- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Boleslaw Sulik was born on 8 April 1929 in Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was a writer and director, known for In Solidarity (1991), Deep End (1970) and In the Shadows of Casablanca (2009). He was married to Iwona Wieckowska, Elzbieta (Ela) Smolen-Wasilewska. and Krystyna Stawicka. He died on 22 May 2012 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- H.H. Brookins was born on 8 June 1925 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA. He died on 22 May 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Hidekazu Yoshida was born on 23 September 1913. He was married to Barbara. He died on 22 May 2012 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Claudia Laffranchi is a Swiss writer-director-producer. She holds a Master's Degree in Languages and Literature from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and a Diploma in Film Studies from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. She writes about cinema for several Swiss and Italian publications.
Claudia Laffranchi is also the host of the Piazza Grande screenings at the Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, and the Festival's Los Angeles correspondent.- Juanita Boisseau was born on 22 July 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was married to Frederick D. Ramseur. She died on 22 May 2012 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yasuko Minorikawa is known for Mino Monta no Asa Zuba! (2005). Yasuko was married to Monta Mino. Yasuko died on 22 May 2012 in Chûô-ku, Tokyo, Japan.- Jean-Noël Gayte was born on 3 February 1943 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for Le retour des Charlots (1992), La cage (2002) and Marie Pervenche (1984). He died on 22 May 2012 in Virieu, Isère, France.
- Jesse Whittenton was born on 9 May 1934 in Big Spring, Texas, USA. He died on 22 May 2012 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Additional Crew
Dave Mann was born on 2 June 1932 in Berkeley, California, USA. He is known for Bill Cosby: Himself (1983). He died on 22 May 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.