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Chavela Vargas was born on 17 April 1919 in San Joaquin de Flores, Costa Rica. She was an actress, known for Frida (2002), Julieta (2016) and A Bigger Splash (2015). She died on 5 August 2012 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Film and television writer Gustave Field was born Gustave Hirchfeld in New York City to immigrant parents. At 17 he became a newspaper photographer, and he was the only one allowed to take a photograph of Albert Einstein upon Einstein's arrival in the US to take his position at Princeton University in New Jersey (the bright flashes cameras at the time used hurt his eyes and he wouldn't allow photographers to use them; Field used a small 35mm Leica camera with no flash and Einstein chose him to take the pictures).
During World War II he was a navigator and bombardier on B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in the Pacific, and was the first to film the mushroom cloud that arose over Nagasaki, Japan, after the atomic bomb was dropped on it.
After the war ended he went to New York City to work in the theater, but soon decided to try his luck in Hollywood. He didn't work all that much, possibly because of his insistence on his scripts being shot as written and his habit of speaking his mind to the powers that be in the business. He once figured that he had taken his name off of approximately 25 films shot from his scripts, although some of his colleagues have said that he did use a pseudonym for several of his scripts that eventually were filmed. He had better luck writing for television. He wrote for such series as Gunsmoke (1955), Combat! (1962), 12 O'Clock High (1964) and Kung Fu (1972), and the made-for-TV film The Sunshine Patriot (1968).
In 1958 he was working for ABC Television, and they sent him to London as a story editor to develop and mentor new writers for television. Among the notable writers he helped develop were Alun Owen, Ray Rigby and Harold Pinter. He left England after a few years to return to Hollywood. He retired to the hills of Santa Barbara, California.
He died on August 5, 2012, aged 95.- Károly Safranek was born on 9 March 1953 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Mire megvénülünk (1978), Ki látott engem? (1977) and A skorpió megeszi az ikreket reggelire (1992). He died on 5 August 2012.
- Tatyana Marchenko was born on 23 February 1926 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. Tatyana was a writer, known for Srochno trebuyutsya sedyye volosy (1970), Aglaya (1968) and Chayka russkoy stseny (1970). Tatyana died on 5 August 2012.
- Elio Aprile was born on 20 March 1949 in Ragusa, Italy. He died on 5 August 2012 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Jack Fertig was born on 21 February 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 5 August 2012 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Michel Daerden was born on 16 November 1949 in Baudour, Belgium. He died on 5 August 2012 in Fréjus, Var, France.
- Director
- Writer
Erwin Axer was born on 1 January 1917 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for Domek z kart (1954), Television Theater (1953) and Aleksander Zelwerowicz (1955). He was married to Bronislawa Kreczmar. He died on 5 August 2012 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Satwant Singh Kaleka was married to Satpal Kaleka. He died on 5 August 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA.
- Make-Up Department
Claude Thompson was born on 24 May 1923 in Canton, South Dakota, USA. Claude is known for ...and Debbie Makes Six (1968), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963). Claude died on 5 August 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Peter Zwack was born on 21 May 1927 in Budapest, Hungary. He died on 5 August 2012 in Venturina Terme, Italy.
- Wade Michael Page died on 5 August 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA.
- Julio López was an actor, known for Moebius (1996), Treinta segundos para morir (1981) and Sea of Love (1998). He died on 5 August 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Kenneth Stanness was born on 7 June 1930 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Medico (1959). He was married to Kathleen ?. He died on 5 August 2012 in Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington, USA.