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- Born in Marylebone, London, versatile character actress Rosalind Marie Knight was born to theatrical parentage. Her father was the accomplished thespian Esmond Knight. Her mother, the comedienne Frances Clare, often featured in Ivor Novello operettas. Rosalind's interest in theatre was first kindled at the age of six when she and her mother attended a staging of Novello's "The Dancing Years" at Drury Lane. Rosalind was evacuated to the countryside with her nanny during the war years. In 1949, she accompanied her father to the Old Vic Theatre and became enthralled by a production of "The Snow Queen", primarily performed by drama school novices. The following year she won an audition and spent two years at the Old Vic Theatre School. This was succeeded by a lengthy apprenticeship in repertory which led to her gaining further experience as assistant stage manager for the West of England Theatre Company, the Midland Theatre Company in Coventry and the Piccolo Theatre Company in Manchester.
In 1955, she made her first impact on screen as a lady-in-waiting in Laurence Olivier's Richard III (1955), which also featured her father in the cast. A year later, having come to the attention of a movie producer, she played Annabel, one of the schoolgirls, in Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) (decades later, she would return as a teacher in the sequel The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)). This set the tone for a number of subsequent comedic roles which included a couple of early Carry On's and the Tony Richardson-directed Tom Jones (1963), in which she played the giddy Mrs. Harriet Fitzpatrick. While doing the Carry On films she was not under any form of contract and was paid a mere $50 a week. In 1957, Rosalind joined her father in an early BBC adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby (1957) as the spiteful Fanny Squeers. In a later miniseries based on Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit (1964), she was a splendidly shrewish Charity Pecksniff.
During her prolific career, Rosalind relished every opportunity to portray a diverse range of characters, good and bad, from servants to princesses (Alice of Battenberg in The Crown (2016)) to old maids (Aspasia Fitzgibbon in The Pallisers (1974)) to wealthy socialites (Margot Asquith in Nancy Astor (1982)) and unpleasant aristocratic dowagers (Daphne Winkworth in Jeeves and Wooster (1990)). She even essayed a retired prostitute turned landlady in the sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999). In addition to a staple of period dramas she guested in numerous episodic TV dramas, including Poirot (1989), Dalziel and Pascoe (1996), Heartbeat (1992), Marple (2004), Midsomer Murders (1997) and Sherlock (2010). All the while, she remained heavily engaged in theatrical work with the Old Vic, The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, her last appearance being the strict, incorruptible governess Mrs. Prism in Shaw's "The Importance of Being Earnest".
Rosalind was married to director/producer Michael Elliott from 1959. In 1976, she helped rebuild and re-open the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, of which her husband was involved as one of five artistic directors. She was also a patron of the Actor's Centre in London and the Ladies' Theatrical Guild (a charity founded in 1891). Rosalind Knight continued to perform as an actress right up to her death on December 19 2020, at the age of 87. - Producer
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David Giler was born on 23 July 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien: Resurrection (1997). He was married to Nancy Kwan. He died on 19 December 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand.- Eileen Pollock was born on 18 May 1947 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Far and Away (1992), Bread (1986) and Angela's Ashes (1999). She died on 19 December 2020 in London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Bram van der Vlugt was born on 28 May 1934 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Medisch Centrum West (1988), Unit 13 (1996) and Memorandum van een dokter (1963). He was married to Hannah van der Vlugt. He died on 19 December 2020 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands.- Nathaniel DeVeaux was born on 13 January 1948 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Butterfly Effect (2004), Get Carter (2000) and The Core (2003). He died on 19 December 2020 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
- Hermina Pipinic was born on 1 May 1928 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for The Steppe (1962), Double Circle (1963) and Dalmatian Chronicle (1973). She died on 19 December 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Alper Alpözgen was born in 1979 in Istanbul, Turkey. Alper was a writer, known for Vahsi Seyler (2021) and Maids (2020). Alper died on 19 December 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Fred Maire was born on 20 May 1932. He was an actor, known for Telerop 2009 - Es ist noch was zu retten (1974), War and Peace (2007) and Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999). He died on 19 December 2020.- Cutty Banks was an actor, known for Cutty Banks: Tell Me What U Want (2018), Big Myke feat. Cutty Banks & Maceso3rd: Set Trippin' (2018) and Cutty Banks: My Baby (2019). He died on 19 December 2020 in San Mateo, California, USA.
- Vinicio Franco was born on 14 September 1933 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. He was married to Florencia Rosario de Franco. He died on 19 December 2020 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- Margaret Tebbit was born on 24 May 1934 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. She was married to Norman Tebbit. She died on 19 December 2020 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Budal Krishnamurthy was born in 1949 in Budal, Hosadurga, Karnataka, India. He was an actor and director, known for Lancha Samrajya (2007), Jackpot (2006) and Ardhangi (2003). He was married to Dhanalakshmi . He died on 19 December 2020 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.- Spiros Misthos was an actor, known for Kalimera zoi (1993), Theodora i agia ton ftoxon (1996) and Oloi sto kolpo (2000). He died on 19 December 2020.
- Actor
- Music Department
Pelle Alsing was an actor, known for I manegen med Glenn Killing - Live (1994), Ulf Lundell: Stora vägen (1988) and I manegen med Glenn Killing (1992). He died on 19 December 2020 in Sweden.- Joan Milke Flores was born on 9 May 1936 in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, USA. Joan Milke was married to Sam Flores. Joan Milke died on 19 December 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anthony Birley was married to Susanna Mary Garforth-Bles and Heide. He died on 19 December 2020 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Production Manager
Maxwell Meltzer was born on 8 August 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and production manager, known for And Justice for All (1979), Amazons and Gladiators (2001) and Choke Canyon (1986). He died on 19 December 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ryszard Kubiak was born on 2 August 1938. He was an actor, known for Paryz - Warszawa bez wizy (1967) and Fever (1981). He died on 19 December 2020.
- Leo Panitch was born on 3 May 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was married to Melanie Pollock. He died on 19 December 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.