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- Well-known British classical stage star Tony Britton was born Anthony Edward Lowry Britton in Birmingham, England, on June 9, 1924, the son of Edward Leslie and Doris (Jones) Britton in 1924. He took his first professional curtain call at age 18 in "Quiet Weekend" with a company in Weston-Super-Mare just before joining the Army in November of 1942. Serving with the Royal Artillery for 4 1/2 years, he eventually returned to the theater after the war, at first in the capacity of an assistant stage manager at the Manchester Library Theatre.
Making his London debut in "The Rising Wind" at the Embassy Theatre, Tony began elevating his name in repertory at Edinburgh and the Bristol Old Vic during the 1951 season, but major attention came after being cast as Rameses in Christopher Fry's "The Firstborn" at London's Winter Garden Theatre in 1952. This success led to the leading role and excellent critical notices in "The Player King" later that year at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Glen Byam Shaw, director of the Memorial Theatre, witnessed this performance and invited him join his company. He remained there for two seasons playing Bassiano opposite Peggy Ashcroft in "The Merchant of Venice," as well as essaying the roles of Cassio in "Othello", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", among others.
Other London stage roles came with "The Night of the Ball" opposite Wendy Hiller and Gladys Cooper, and "Gigi" starring Leslie Caron. At the Old Vic he played Trigorin in "The Seagull" and Hotspur in "Henry IV" before settling in for an over two-year run as Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady". He would return to this part more than once over a decade later.
A renaissance man of the theatre, Tony didn't pursue film roles with equal zest, yet his infrequent offerings reliably enhanced any project he was involved in. The highlights of his 20 or so movies include both lead and supporting parts in The Birthday Present (1957) (co-starring Sylvia Syms, Behind the Mask (1958) with Michael Redgrave, The Risk (1960) opposite Virginia Maskell, Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and The Day of the Jackal (1973); his last film to date was released decades ago -- Agatha (1979) starring Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave.
On TV Tony has portrayed assorted men of distinction -- lords, sirs, captains ,and the like in TV movies. He lightened up considerably in his numerous comedy series, including the popular Robin's Nest (1977) and Don't Wait Up (1983), both of which ran for several seasons. His last decade or so were spent primarily on TV with prime roles on the British series Don't Tell Father (1992), the mini-series The Way We Live Now (2001) and episodes of "My Dad's the Prime Minister," "Doctors," "The Royal" and "Holby City." He made his last appearance with a brief bit in the rollicking film comedy Run for Your Wife (2012).
He has contributed his mellifluous voice to books on tape as well. Divorced from Ruth Hawkins, who bore him two children, he later was long married to Danish sculptor Eve Birkefeldt until her death in 2008. His three children -- classical actor Jasper Britton, writer Cherry Britton, and correspondent Fern Britton -- have all been involved one way or another in the entertainment field. Tony died on December 22, 2019, at age 95. - Actor
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In 1963, Richard Alpert ended one life and launched a new one: Ousted from Harvard University's faculty with co-merrymaker Timothy Leary for giving hallucinogenic drugs to students, he became a point man for the psychedelic movement of the '60s. Many drug-fueled highs later, Alpert's second, and most lasting, transformation occurred. He went on sojourn in India and in 1968 returned as Ram Dass, a name that became synonymous with another of that era's social and psychological explosions. As Ram Dass, Alpert spread the word that turning inward was far more powerful than just turning on. A nimble communicator who was articulate, funny and self-effacing, he became a central figure in the movement to make Eastern mysticism understandable to Western minds. He described his metamorphoses in "Be Here Now" (1971), a counterculture classic still in print almost four decades and millions of copies later.- Alex Wipf was born on 9 May 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Rollover (1981), The Equalizer (1985) and Puppet (1999). He was married to Marion Vaccaro and Margot Stewart. He died on 22 December 2019 in Greenport, New York, USA.
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Tim Boyle was born on 2 August 1948 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999), Starship Troopers (1997) and True Lies (1994). He was married to Karen Tobin. He died on 22 December 2019 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Marika Kallamata was born on 17 November 1930 in Fier, Albania. She was an actress, known for Vajzat me kordele të kuqe (1978), Fjalë pa fund (1986) and Apasionata (1983). She died on 22 December 2019 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Marcia Kagno was born on 16 May 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hole in the Wall (1929). She died on 22 December 2019 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Walter Hojsa was born on 13 May 1924 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Aufgspielt wird in Joschi's Beisl (1993). He died on 22 December 2019.
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Carl Whiteley was a producer and director, known for The Empire (2014), Hamster App (2012) and Pandora (2024). He died on 22 December 2019 in Son Espases, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain.- Sonny Opiela was born on 1 August 1939 in Karnes County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Dead of Knight (2010) and Occam's Razor (2008). He died on 22 December 2019 in Channelview, Texas, USA.
- Tadeusz Jurasz was born on 9 September 1930 in Ciecina, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Cien (1956), Koniec naszego swiata (1964) and Z biegiem lat, z biegiem dni... (1980). He was married to Izabella Olszewska. He died on 22 December 2019 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Juan Carlos Pascual died on 22 December 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Myrtle Cagle was born on 3 June 1925 in Selma, North Carolina, USA. She was married to Walt Cagle. She died on 22 December 2019 in Georgia, USA.
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Edward Pallasz was born on 30 August 1936 in Preußisch Stargard, Pomerania, Germany [now Starogard Gdanski, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a composer, known for Troje i las (1963), Zakochani sa miedzy nami (1965) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 22 December 2019.- Karl E. Meyer was born on 22 May 1928 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Shareen Blair Brysac , Sarah Peck and Iris Hill. He died on 22 December 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Bira was born on 5 September 1934 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He died on 22 December 2019 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Elizabeth Spencer has won many awards in her lifetime. She is a five-time recipient of the O. Henry prize The Voice at the Back Door for short fiction. While considered a Southern writer, Spencer lived in Italy and Canada for many years and many of her stories take place in those countries, including her best-known work, Light in the Piazza. In 1952 she got a recognition award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1953 she received the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Award. In 1956-1957 she received the Kenyon Review Fiction Fellowship and the First Rosenthal Award. In 1960 she received the McGraw-Hill Fiction Fellowship Award. In 1962 she received the Donnelly Fellowship, Bryn Mawr College. In 1968 she received the Bellamann Award. In 1983 she received the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story. In 1985 she was elected to the American Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1988 she received the National Endowment for the Arts Senior Fellowship in Literature Grant. Then in 1992 she received the Salem Award for Distinction in Letters from Salem College and the John Dos Passos Award for Literature. In 1994 she received the North Carolina Governor's Award for Literature. She was the Vice-Chancellor for the Charter Member Fellowship of Southern Writers from 1993 to 1997.
More of her many awards include the J. William Corrington Award for fiction and the Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award for fiction in 1997. In 1998 she received the Fortner Award for Literature. In 1999 she received the Mississippi State Library Award for non-fiction. In 2001 she received the Cleanth Brooks Medal for achievement awarded by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In 2002 she received the Thomas Wolfe Award for Literature given by UNC-Chapel Hill and the Morgan Foundation and was also inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame. - Fritz Künzli was born on 8 January 1946 in Glarus, Switzerland. He died on 22 December 2019 in Zürich, Switzerland.