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- Actress
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Haji was a Cando-American actress renowned for starring in Russ Meyer's sexploitation classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), in which she made her theatrical film debut. Barbarella Catton was born in Quebec City, Quebec on January 24, 1946, and at the age of 14, began dancing topless. The renamed Haji caught the eye of cinema's "King Leer" while performing as an exotic dancer.
He also cast her as one of three go-go dancers who turn into avenging furies in "Pussycat" Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) after her theatrical film debut in Motorpsycho! (1965) technically released before Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965). She also appeared in Meyer's potboiler Good Morning... and Goodbye! (1967), his big budget Hollywood sextravaganza Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), and his cartoonish amalgamation of sex and violence, Supervixens (1975).
Haji died on August 10, 2013 at the age of 67.- Norm Skaggs was born on 16 February 1955. He was an actor, known for The Apocalypse (1997), West Is West (1989) and Clay Farmers (1988). He died on 9 August 2013 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Natalya Bogunova was born on 8 April 1948 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Begushchaya po volnam (1967), Do svidaniya, malchiki! (1966) and Malchik i devochka (1966). She was married to Aleksandr Stefanovich. She died on 9 August 2013 in Crete, Greece.
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- Cinematographer
- Producer
Cliff Harrington was born on 18 June 1932 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), Arcadia of My Youth (1982) and Onmitsu kenshi (1962). He died on 9 August 2013 in Kyushu, Japan.- An Australian character actor, director and producer who emigrated to Australia from his native England in 1950. Quitting his job as a publicity officer, he became a professional actor in 1968. He was best known for his soap opera television roles, but also appeared in film and numerous theatre productions. He was known for his villainous roles, once remarking that this was due to his bald head (he had been totally bald since the age of 25). He had many guest roles on television series; mini-series and telemovies; and films.
He was conscripted to Her Majesty's Royal Navy in 1943 at the age of eighteen years and spent the later years of World War II serving on a minesweeper. His ship was involved in the D-Day operation and he watched the action from just off the Arromanches beach. In October 1950 he arrived in Melbourne Australia under the £10 assisted passage emigration scheme. In December 1975 he took Australian Citizenship.
By 1953 he was taking on leading parts with the Little Theatre Company in Melbourne and as well as acting he was producing and directing difficult plays such as Chekhov and Ibsen. In 1963 he moved to Brisbane and he joined the Queensland Arts Theatre. He continued his acting career in his spare time. In the 1960s he was campaigning in Brisbane for a new permanent arts centre and was involved in these plans which resulted in the Arts Complex being built.
In 1970 he was in It's a Rum Do and had the role of Samuel Marsden, the priest who was partly responsible for bringing merino sheep to Australia which started the wool industry. The play was chosen to be given a Royal Command Performance in the Brisbane Arts Centre. ]He was presented to the Queen and he told her that over the past two years he had played eight priests. She asked him "Why" and she smiled when he answered "It was my purity of spirit and a bald head". After this, his acting career took off.
In the 1970s he became famous playing the recurring role of slimy Town Clerk Eddie Buchanan in soap opera Number 96, and later Dr. Vincent Snape in The Young Doctors. He was also known for his long running itinerant role as devious town councillor Alfred Muldoon from 1982-1992 in the soap opera A Country Practice. He also acted in the film Street Fighter.
In 1990, he appeared as Mr. Gordian in Bloodmoon, a horror film. - Miguel Petri was an actor, known for Lucha fuerte (1987), Titanes en el ring (1973) and Titanes en el ring (1962). He died on 9 August 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Gary Shusett a Beverly Hills CA Native - Founder of Sherwood Oaks College, Known as "Star Maker" Passed Away on August 9, 2013 After a Long Battle With Cancer Gary Shusett, brother of famed screenwriter, Ronald Shusett, who wrote and produced Alien, Total Recall and Minority Report, dies on August 9 2013. Gary founded Sherwood Oaks College in 1971. Gary Shusett's legacy to Hollywood through Sherwood Oaks College is giving screenwriters a rare opportunity to meet and give material to key players in Hollywood. Gary Shusett was deeply committed to seeing his students succeed in an altrustic manner. Founded in 1971 by Gary Shusett, brother of famed screenwriter, Ronald Shusett, who wrote and produced Alien, Total Recall and Minority Report, Sherwood Oaks College has been dedicated to jump-starting screenwriting careers.
Many of Gary's former students have become major Hollywood players including James Cameron, Dean Devlin, Paul Haggis, Nancy Meyers, Sylvester Stallone. Many of his Famous teachers include Lucille Ball, George Carlin, Rod Serling, Richard Dreyfus, Malcolm, Orson Welles.
Gary Shusett & Sherwood Oaks College have been featured in People magazine, various screenwriting magazines and various screenwriting books including Michael Hauge, and K. Callan. Gary Shusett has produced several movies Final Terror, Moon Over Parador & TV Series Moonbound 24 & Super Girl. His expertise in determining commercial ideas was so strong that Universal Studios offered him a job to just determine remakes that will make money. - Actor
- Production Designer
- Costume Designer
Jean-Marc Stehlé was born on 1 May 1941 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was an actor and production designer, known for Marie Antoinette (2006), Farewell, My Queen (2012) and Retour à la bien-aimée (1979). He died on 9 August 2013 in Paris, France.- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Script and Continuity Department
Martha Buckley was born on 18 January 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is known for The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1974), The Adventures of Batman (1968) and The New Adventures of Superman (1966). She died on 9 August 2013 in Oxnard, California, USA.- Mikhail Milikov was born on 9 May 1950 in Poltava, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Koren zhizni (1977), Sredi tysyachi dorog... (1984) and Zapadnya (1990). He died on 9 August 2013.
- Ilona Kombrink was born on 9 November 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Festival (1960) and Folio (1955). She died on 9 August 2013 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA.
- Johnny Logan was born on 23 March 1927 in Endicott, New York, USA. He died on 9 August 2013 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- John Larsen was born on 16 December 1928 in Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear, England, UK. He died on 9 August 2013 in Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK.
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues was born on 8 December 1923 in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a writer, known for Impossível Evasão (1983), Retalhos da Vida de um Médico (1980) and Memories and Confessions (1993). He was married to Maria Judite de Carvalho. He died on 9 August 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Bill Lynch was married to Mary Lynch. He died on 9 August 2013 in New York, New York, USA.
- Eddie Pérez was born in 1935 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He died on 9 August 2013 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Galina Opanasenko was born in 1943. She was an actress, known for Sniffer (2013), The Year of the Golden Fish (2007) and Snegir (2009). She died on 9 August 2013.
- Composer
- Actor
Eduardo Falú was born on 7 July 1923 in El Galpón, Salta, Argentina. He was a composer and actor, known for Bajo el signo de la patria (1971), Cerro Guanaco (1959) and Los golpes bajos (1974). He was married to Aida Nefer Fidelibus. He died on 9 August 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Gantenbein graduated from Muscatine High School in 1970, where he was captain of the Muskies basketball team his senior year. He attended Cornell College from 1970-71 and Iowa State University from 1971-1972. He moved to Iowa City in 1973, and lived there until his death.
A lifelong entertainer, Bruce performed professionally as a singer and guitarist in several bands, including Gambler, Cabala, the Uptown Serenaders, McCandless and Gantenbein, Kelly and the Komb-Overs, and Last Chance. In addition, he performed as a solo act under the names of "Bruk Gant" and, more recently, "Big Bruce."
He also performed as a stand-up comic throughout the Midwest, and was a regular at Penguin's Comedy Club in Cedar Rapids. He may be best known to eastern Iowans, however, as "Dr. Morbius," host of KCRG's "Saturday Nightmares" television show. He also won two "Addy" awards from the Cedar Rapids Advertising Federation.
He worked for the City of Iowa City for a number of years, he became an officer with the Iowa City Police Department, where he worked from 1978-1980. He attended the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in 1979, where he was vice president of his class. Following that, he began work at the University of Iowa, becoming a campus police officer in 1990, and later a security officer with the UI Department of Public Safety. He retired from the University in 2011.
He is survived by his mother, E. Louise Gantenbein of Iowa City; his brother and sister-in-law, Rex Gantenbein and Judith Powers of Laramie, Wyoming; his son, Jesse Gantenbein of Minneapolis; and his daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Kyle Coobs, and grandchildren Quincy and Eliza Coobs, all of Iowa City.
He was preceded in death by his father, Earl Gantenbein.