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- Dilber Ay was born on 12 July 1958 in Kayseri, Turkey. She was an actress. She died on 1 January 1995 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Warrene Ott was born on 23 January 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for A Guide for the Married Man (1967), The Invincible Six (1970) and If a Man Answers (1962). She was married to Angelo Robert Vitale. She died on 1 January 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Fred West was born on 29 September 1941 in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England, UK. He was married to Rosemary West and Rena West. He died on 1 January 1995 in Winson Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Swinging, mostly self-taught stride pianist of the big band era, initially trained on drums. The son of a railroad engineer and well-grounded in jazz from early childhood, Stacy began his professional career in the early 1920's. He first played on Mississippi and Missouri riverboats with local bands (often playing the cumbersome steam calliope), such as Peg Meyer's Original Melody Kings and groups led by Harvey Berry (S.S. Majestic) and Tony Catalano (S.S. Capitol). By 1926, he had made his way to Chicago, first joining Joe Kayser's band at the Arcadia Ballroom. Over the next nine years, Stacy was steadily employed with various orchestras, performing at night clubs and speakeasies, at least some of which were operated by gangsters like Al Capone. Noteworthy engagements included bands led by trumpet player Paul Mares (at Harry's Bar), Maurie Stein (at the Paramount Club) and Earl 'Fatha' Hines , for whom he often worked as a relief pianist and who strongly influenced his own style of playing. He also made a number of recordings with guitarist Eddie Condon and of compositions for piano by the legendary Bix Beiderbecke. Stacy's big break came about, when the producer John Hammond Jr (1910-1987) put his name forward to Benny Goodman. Signed on, he remained with Goodman for four years and took part in the seminal concert at Carnegie Hall, playing an improvised piano solo - subtly prompted by Goodman himself -- in the middle of the show-stopping number "Sing, Sing, Sing". His reputation was thus made.
Stacy was reputed to be mild-mannered, of sensitive disposition, so it came to no surprise when, in 1939, he left the volatile Goodman for Bob Crosby's Bobcats, declaring "I never want to play with Benny Goodman's band again" and "...it was too much of a strain. You just never knew where you were with Benny and I feel terribly relieved that it's all over" (p.218, George Simon "The Big Bands"). Nevertheless, after three years with Crosby, Stacy returned to Goodman, until the latter temporarily disbanded his orchestra in March 1944. This was followed by brief stints with Horace Heidt and Tommy Dorsey. In 1945, Stacy formed his own big band as a backing group for his then-wife, the jazz singer Lee Wiley, recording several sides for RCA and Commodore. Both marriage and band turned out to be short-lived. As the big band era came to an end, Stacy drifted towards the edges of the music scene. By the late 1940's, he was performing as a soloist in such West Coast bars and clubs as the Brown Derby, the Hangover and the Ile de France. After 1963, somewhat disillusioned, he gave up full-time music altogether, instead selling cosmetics and delivering mail for the Max Factor company. He was eventually tempted out of retirement for the 1974 Newport Jazz Festival, at which time he was 'rediscovered' by a new and appreciative audience.- Alan Palo was born on 18 March 1962. He was an actor, known for Tales from the Crypt (1989), National Lampoon's Blind Date (1994) and Prehysteria! 2 (1994). He died on 1 January 1995.
- Producer
- Director
- Actress
Chloe Gibson discovered Dirk Bogarde and cast him in "Power Without Glory", which she directed in 1947. The play opened at the Linden Theatre and then transferred to the Fortune Theatre in the west end of London. It was a huge success and Borgarde's film career stemmed from this production. Kenneth More and Dandy Nichols were also in the cast. Chloe went on to become the director general with RTE Irish Television, a post she held for 25 years. Among the television productions she directed were Micheál MacLiammóir's The Importance of Being Oscar, based on the life and works of Oscar Wilde and Jackie MacGowran's Beginning to End from the works of Beckett. She directed a number of plays at the Gate Theatre in Dublin and formed the New Dublin Shakespeare Company with the then owner of the Oscar Theatre, Chris O'Neill. This company toured extensively bringing Shakespeare and the classics to rural areas and schools throughout Ireland.- Eugen Verber was born on 25 January 1923 in Subotica, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972), The Elusive Summer of '68 (1984) and Mrtvacima ulaz zabranjen (1965). He died on 1 January 1995 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ted Hawkins was born on 28 October 1936 in Lakeshore, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Corrina, Corrina (1994), The Patriot (1986) and Safe Men (1998). He died on 1 January 1995 in Inglewood, California, USA.- Elspeth Currie was born on 26 April 1915 in Belize City, British Honduras. She was an actress, known for Bridge-Head (1939). She was married to Bob Elson and Thane Parker (actor, producer). She died on 1 January 1995 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- George Eells was born on 20 January 1922 in Winslow, Illinois, USA. George was a writer, known for The New Cinema (1968) and Malice in Wonderland (1985). George died on 1 January 1995 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Astrid Reinla was born on 1 March 1948. Astrid was a writer, known for Õnne 13 (1993). Astrid died on 1 January 1995.
- Erwin Walther was born on 1 April 1920 in Amberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was a composer, known for Mike Blaubart (1967), Beruf oder Job? (1961) and Das Kurzportrait: K.O. Götz. Malerei mit dem Rakel (1964). He was married to Maud Schunk. He died on 1 January 1995 in Amberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Károly Kovalik was born on 29 September 1927 in Szeged, Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for Age of Illusions (1965), Alfa Romeó és Júlia (1969) and Irány: Bagdad (1961). He died on 1 January 1995 in Budapest, Hungary.- Actor
Merrill Long was born on 13 December 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 1 January 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Editor
- Sound Department
- Writer
Pierre Lemelin was born in 1933 in Les Becquets, Québec, Canada. He was an editor and writer, known for Jusqu'au cou (1964), Capital on the Ottawa (1968) and Partis pour la gloire (1975). He died on 1 January 1995.