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- Actress
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Ingrid Steeger was the third child of Kurt and Käthe Stengert, who already had son Udo and daughter Jutta. After school Ingrid worked as a secretary when she was discovered by photographer Frank Quade. Soon pinup photos of her appeared in numerous men's magazines, especially "SEXY", where even today she is the girl with the most cover shots. She was elected Miss Filmfestival (Berlin 1968) and soon was into movies herself. Her early films were cheap sex movies, mostly of the "Report" type. Not wanting to use her real name--because her father objected--and not yet having decided on a stage name, her first movie billed her as "Ingrid Stengel".
Her "very" first movie deserves a special mention. Before the age of video, porn films for home viewing were Super 8 shorts and Ingrid starred uncredited in one of those, Die perverse Herrin und ihre Opfer (1969) ("The Perverted Mistress and Her Victims"). This movie had long been forgotten when, at the height of her career, producer Gerd Wasmund (aka Mike Hunter) reissued it on video, retitled "Ingrid Steeger's Porno Action". She went to court to stop distribution and won. The same thing happened again when Beate Uhse distributed a collection of old naturalist shots of Ingrid, titled "Ingrid - blutjung und verführerisch" ("Ingrid--Youngblooded and Tempting"). Again she had to go to court to stop distribution. In addition to her movies, she was given small but serious roles in TV productions, where--strange as it might seem--nobody seemed to know about her sex films. Helmut Holger, one of her colleagues, suggested her to director Michael Pfleghar, who was casting for a new TV comedy series called Klimbim (1973), a German version of the American show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967). This was her breakthrough. The public loved her in her new role as "Klimbim-clown", and decent pictures of her appeared in women's and teen's magazines. The readers of Germany's biggest teen magazine, "BRAVO", awarded her the "Otto", its top award, four times. (1975: Bronze, 1976 & 1977: Silver, 1978: Gold). It seemed that nobody could stop her now.
She followed "Klimbim" with Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978) ("Two Heavenly Daughters"), another successful comedy series, but flopped badly with Susi (1980) a third one, all directed by Pfleghar. From then on it was downhill for her. She went to France to live with her actor-friend Jean-Paul Zehnacker, but they soon separated. Ingrid returned to Germany to become a mature, serious actress, in the vein of her idols Shirley MacLaine and Goldie Hawn, but the public wouldn't let her. The same public that once had forgiven her sex-film past would not forget "Klimbim", though the series hadn't been shown for ages. Nearly every article on her began with "Ingrid Steeger, ex-clown ("Klimbim"), will ...".Michael Phlegar couldn't help her, either; he ran into severe personal problems and committed suicide a few years later. Though Ingrid can act, her few serious roles were doomed from the start. In recent years she has concentrated on theater and played mostly boulevard comedies. In 1995 she starred in the Karl May summer theater in Bad Segeberg as "Cowgirl Mona".
Her private life has been rather chaotic, too. Her marriages, liaisons and affairs are well chronicled and always mentioned when she is seen with somebody new. When she first entered films, she married cameraman Lothar E. Stickelbrucks in 1973, but they divorced two years later. She had an affair with director Michael Pfleghar, though neither one admitted it at that time (it was rumored that she even wanted to leave Germany to go to Hollywood with him). Next was Peter Koenecke, who organized safari tours in Kenya. They planned to marry in 1979 and move to Kenya together. She was even said to have learned Swahili. Next was French actor Jean-Paul Zehnacker, who starred with her in "Susi". She moved to live with him in France, but returned to Germany in 1984 when love turned to friendship. After him came Lothar Köllner (1985-86), owner of a hi-fi shop in Murnau, and she even obtained her driver's license at the age of 38 to see him more often. Then came film director Dieter Wedel (1988-91), whom she shared with another woman. At least, he starred her in his TV series Wilder Westen inclusive (1988) and Der große Bellheim (1993), giving her a chance for some serious acting.
Then she met Tom LaBlanc, an American Indian of the Dakota tribe, at a World Uranium hearing and they got married in a rush in August 1992. Nobody gave them much of a chance, because he didn't speak German and she didn't speak much English. Most photos show them side by side, Tom having to wear Indian clothing with feather headdress for the photographers, holding Ingrid's dachshund and looking very uneasy. Nevertheless, the press never accepted him. The couple was always referred to as "Ingrid and her Indian". Soon he was spending most of his time in America, fighting for the rights of his people while Ingrid was left at home. They divorced in October 1995.
Next was Swiss actor Bernd Seebacher. Immediately following her divorce from LaBlanc, she fell in love with Bernd and August 1996 was set as the date for the wedding. The couple was shown in magazines, choosing rings and posing in their wedding dresses, but at the last possible moment the wedding was postponed. Unfortunately, Ingrid had already sold her apartment in Munich to live with her husband in Switzerland. Now that she remained a foreigner, she had to leave the country. Her only true friend in all those years was her dachshund Felix. There is scarcely one private photo of Ingrid without her dog. When Felix was killed in France by a hit-and-run driver, she mourned a long time and finally got Felix II. This one even went on stage with her in "Champagner-Complex" and was said to have been the matchmaker when she met Dieter Wedel. When Felix II had to be put to sleep in 1995, she didn't want another one, but Wedel kept up the tradition by presenting her with a young dachshund called Lucky Luke.- Mary Anne McGarry held dual citizenship in the US and Ireland. She was born to Irish-American parents in Cincinnati, Ohio. She began acting when she was 14 years old; and her first professional role was Irina in Chekhov's "Three Sisters" at St. Louis' Gaslight Theater. She describes theater as her drug of choice: in order to assure a steady supply, she acted, directed, wrote, and produced theater across the USA.
For years, she had parallel careers in theater and academia: she studied at Quebec's Universite Laval, Britain's Cambridge University, St. Louis University (USA), and had a theater/film Ph.D from Northwestern University. She was the former head of the MFA acting program at UC Irvine. Theater credits include 6 seasons with the Tony award-winning South Coast Repertory; the Mark Taper Forum of Los Angeles, the Pasadena Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Northlight Rep, and Court Theaters of Chicago; DC's Folger Theater, NYC's Public Theater, People's Light & Theater Co (PA), Sacramento Theater Company, and her own summer Shakespeare Festival in Geneva, Illinois.
In 1988, she began working in TV and film. She held the distinction of being fired, along with George Clooney, from the first season of "Roseanne", for reasons known only to Roseanne Barr. After that temporary setback, she worked with many wonderful people.
Her one-woman show, "Honeymoon in Galway", was named "Best of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times, and was in development for film, with Arthur Lappin as Exec Producer. Her screenplay, "Craving for That Kind of Love," set in Harlem and London in the 1920s, is in development for UK television. Her first mystery novel, "Homicide Nun", featured an Irish nun as a reluctant homicide detective, transplanted to Riverside, California.
Her family included her daughter, three grandchildren, and three siblings. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Sajid Khan was born on 28 December 1951 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India. He was an actor, known for My Funny Girl (1971), Mother India (1957) and Muqabla (1970). He died on 22 December 2023 in Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.- Actor
- Writer
André Chazel was born on 11 December 1933 in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche, Ardèche, France. He was an actor and writer. He died on 22 December 2023 in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche, France.- Actor
- Writer
Saul Reichlin was born in 1943 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was an actor and writer, known for The Knock (1994), Ali and the Lamp (2009) and The Point Men (2001). He died on 22 December 2023 in London.- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Frank Cassenti was born on 6 August 1945 in Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]. He was a director and writer, known for The Red Poster (1976), Le journal d'une jeune femme sourde (2020) and The Song of Roland (1978). He died on 22 December 2023 in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.- Producer
Laura Lynch was born on 18 November 1958 in Dell City, Texas, USA. Laura was a producer, known for Water Wars (2024). Laura died on 22 December 2023 in Cornudas, Texas, USA.- Frank Cuva was born on 21 April 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Wild, Free & Hungry (1969), Naked Angels (1969) and The Harem Bunch (1969). He was married to Karen. He died on 22 December 2023 in Prescott, Arizona, USA.
- Ian Pepperell was born on 18 August 1970 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Beck (1996) and Pie in the Sky (1994). He was married to Nicola Loader. He died on 22 December 2023 in Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Krzysztof Respondek was born on 17 July 1969 in Tarnowskie Góry, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Magneto (1998), Na dobre i na zle (1999) and Odwróceni (2007). He died on 22 December 2023 in Zabrze, Slaskie, Poland.
- Additional Crew
Indrajit Imroz was born on 26 January 1926 in Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India. Indrajit is known for Aavishkar (1974). Indrajit died on 22 December 2023 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Theresa Cachuela was born on 29 June 1990 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Theresa was a director, known for Luxxe Lashes Summer 2017 with Luxxe Campaign (2018). Theresa died on 22 December 2023 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Tom Bogs was born on 21 November 1944 in Denmark. He was an actor, known for Comeback (2008), Og så er der bal bagefter (1970) and Psyched Up Janis: I Think You Suck (1998). He died on 22 December 2023 in Denmark.
- Aleksandr Levenbuk was born on 20 July 1933. He was an actor and writer, known for Proisshestviye v strane Multi-Pulti (2022), Plastilinovaya vorona (1981) and Devastation (1971). He died on 22 December 2023 in Russia.
- Ruth Seymour was born on 17 February 1935 in Harlem, New York, USA. Ruth was a producer, known for Swans: Mystery of the Missing (2019). Ruth was married to Jack Hirschman. Ruth died on 22 December 2023 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harald Engelmann was born on 8 May 1933 in Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Zille und ick (1983), Mir nach, Canaillen (1964) and Das unsichtbare Visier (1973). He was married to Andrea Meissner. He died on 22 December 2023 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.- Actor
- Writer
- Sound Department
Nasser Tahmasb was an actor and writer, known for Today's Woman (1996), Remember the flight (1993) and The Second Way (1984). He died on 22 December 2023 in Iran.- Roberto Hernán was born on 7 June 1939 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for De pocas, pocas pulgas (2003), La rosa de Guadalupe (2008) and Los simuladores (2008). He died on 22 December 2023 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Ryan Minor was born on 5 January 1974 in Canton, Ohio, USA. He was married to Allyson Spedden Phillips. He died on 22 December 2023 in Salisbury, Maryland, USA.
- Sound Department
- Actor
- Music Department
Anup Mukhyopadhyay was an actor, known for Papi (1990), Daruchini Dwip (2007) and Badshahi Angti (2014). He died on 22 December 2023 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- John Mairai was born on 28 November 1945 in Papeete, Tahiti. He was an actor, known for Marae (1982), L'île (1987) and Le Rescapé de Tikeroa (1981). He died on 22 December 2023 in Tahiti.
- Ugo Maria Morosi was born on 8 June 1941 in Imperia, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Chimera (1968), Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964) and Smiling Maniacs (1975). He died on 22 December 2023 in Imperia, Liguria, Italy.
- Nenki was born in 1951. He died on 22 December 2023 in East Broughton, Quebec, Canada.