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Ronnie Spector is an American singer. Spector was the lead singer of the rock/pop vocal girl group The Ronettes, who had a string of hits during the early to mid-1960s such as "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", and "The Best Part of Breakin' Up". Subsequently, Ronnie Spector launched her solo career and has since released five studio albums (Siren in 1980, Unfinished Business in 1987, Something's Gonna Happen in 2003, Last of the Rock Stars in 2006, English Heart in 2016) and one extended play (She Talks to Rainbows in 1999).
In 1986, Ronnie Spector experienced a career resurgence when she was featured on Eddie Money's Grammy nominated pop rock song "Take Me Home Tonight" which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100. She has sung and collaborated with multiple other acts. In 2007, Ronnie and the Ronettes were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2018, Spector appeared in the music documentary; Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (2018), which is based on the late singer Amy Winehouse and her final studio album Back to Black (2006). The album was inspired by 60's girl groups Winehouse gathered inspiration from listening to, such as The Ronettes.- Iraj Pezeshkzad was educated in Iran and France where he received his degree in Law. He served as a judge in the Iranian Judiciary for five years prior to joining the Iranian Foreign Service. He served as a diplomat until the Iranian revolution in 1979, and left the Foreign Service to reside in France after revolution.
He began writing in the early 1950s by translating the works of Voltaire and Molière into Persian and by writing short stories for magazines. His novels include Haji Mam-ja'far in Paris, and Mashalah Khan in the Court of Haroun al-Rashid. He has also written several plays and various articles on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911, the French Revolution, and the Russian Revolution.
His most recent novel is Khanevade-ye Nik-Akhtar (The Nik-Akhtar Family). He has recently published his autobiography titled Golgashtha-ye Zendegi (The Pleasure-grounds of Life). He is currently living in Paris where he works as a journalist.
My Uncle Napoleon is a social satire and a masterpeice of contemporary Persian litterature. The book was turned into a tv series in 1970s and immediately captured the imagination of the whole nation-its story became a cultural reference point and its characters national icons. The story is set in a garden in Tehran in the early 1940s, where three families live under the tyranny of a paranoid patriarch. The book was translated to English by Dick Davis. - Antic Melkior was born on 14 December 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Antar Shayel Saifoh (1983), Playhouse 90 (1956) and The Mummy (1969). He died on 12 January 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Roderick Hall was born on 7 November 1932 in Manila, Philippines. He was married to Jennifer Hirst and Christine Kurth . He died on 12 January 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Peg Small was born on 22 September 1928 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Kinsey (2004), Another World (1964) and Breathing Room (1996). She died on 12 January 2022 in Byron Center, Michigan, USA.- Gwyn studied theater and play writing at Carnegie-Mellon University, and was an Emmy Award nominated Daytime TV actress with over a dozen contract and recurring roles- as well as appearing on Primetime TV series and pilots. Favorites include: All My Children, (ABC), Guiding Light (CBS), As The World Turns, One Life to Live, Another World (NBC) , Loving, Ryan's Hope, The Lucy Arnaz Show (CBS) and the Emmy Award winning, Woman of Valor (NBC). Most recently she co-starred as Dr. Shirley Levine in the Howard Reichman comedy pilot, Wired City and as Lizzie Haupt in her own "boomedy", Haupt Air. Performing on and off Broadway, Gwyn also worked extensively in classical Repertory theater productions across the country-from Shakespeare, Moliere, Tennessee Williams to Noel Coward and Arthur Miller. She received rave reviews for her Elmire in Moliere's Tartuffe and Elvira in Coward's Blithe Spirit. On Broadway she was in Kaufman and Hart's The Man Who Came to Dinner at the Circle in the Square and co-starred opposite Tammy Grimes and Ian Richardson in Joshua Logan's (Mister Roberts, South Pacific) last play, Trick. She toured in the 1940's American classic, Arsenic and Old Lace opposite Golden Age film stars John Carradine and Sylvia Sidney and played the comedic ingenue, Avril in June Havoc's (Actor's Studio) Broadway tryout of the musical, Oh Glorious Tintinnabulation. Off Broadway Gwyn played Rosaline in the modern rock musical version of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Cherry Lane Theater and Crystal in The Women at Manhattan Theater Club. Gwyn was in demand as a corporate spokeswoman for dozens of network commercials and voice-overs from Mercedes, AT & T, Macy's to Brim Coffee and received a Cleo award as the voice of L'Oreal. She received a post graduate grant to study Economics at Harvard and attended a graduate program in Political Science at Oxford University. Requested by her former Dean from Carnegie, she was a guest professor in the MFA drama programs at Yale and University of CA, Irvine. As a keynote speaker for the Actor's Expo, Gwyn has lectured to actors in London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles. Requested by the Performing Arts trade publication, Backstage, Gwyn writes a monthly column about marketing for a subscription of over 250,000 international actors, writers and directors. Gwyn founded Laight Street Films in Robert DeNiro's Tribeca (NYC) film community, creating Bloggers, a comedy pilot (HBO style). Her film, Fairytale which was recently shot in Paris and the south of France with an international cast was well received at the Festival of Cannes, selected by the Beverly Hills Film Festival, The International Faith and Family Film script competition and won First place in the Hanhai Film Studio's International Script Competition for her recent drama, Pink Slip with an offer of a production contract. Her prime time drama, Enraptured is optioned for an Australian TV production and her comedy film, Heavenly Heist is in pre-production in London.
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Liza Öhman was born on 24 December 1951 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress and composer, known for P & B (1983), Flugan comédie absurde (2003) and En gång på 60-talet (1985). She died on 12 January 2022 in Sweden.- Waheed Al Sunbati was an actor, known for Selssal El Dam (2013) and Al Qaserat (2013). He died on 12 January 2022.
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Stephanie Garman was born on 6 November 1945. She was a writer and producer, known for Hunter (1984), Meteor (1979) and Dallas (1978). She died on 12 January 2022.- Cinematographer
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Ismael Lotz was born in 1975. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Emily or Oscar (2022), Who Is Alice (2017) and Fokking Short (2015). He died on 12 January 2022 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.- Sound Department
Robert Foster was born on 17 April 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Robert is known for Pussy at the Pump (1995). Robert died on 12 January 2022 in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA.- Viktor Fenigstein was born on 19 December 1924 in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. He was a composer, known for Les apprentis (1964). He was married to Marianne Sigg. He died on 12 January 2022.
- Yuri Kvyatkovskiy was born on 13 January 1924 in Dnepropetrovsk, USSR. He was an actor, known for Assassination Attempt (1981) and Legenda o Tile (1977). He died on 12 January 2022.
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Gianfranco Fiore was a director and actor, known for Blu cobalto (1985), Firenze, il nostro domani (2003) and Another World Is Possible (2001). He died on 12 January 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Writer
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Robert Stando was born on 16 June 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Niefachowy stryczek (1997), Fakty i ludzie (1970) and Antek (1955). He died on 12 January 2022 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Everett Astor Lee (August 31, 1916 - January 12, 2022) was an American conductor and violinist. He was the first African American to conduct a Broadway musical, the first to conduct an established symphony orchestra below the Mason-Dixon line, and the first to conduct a performance by a major American opera company.