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- Sylvia Kuumba Williams was born on 28 October 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Obsession (1976), French Quarter (1978) and Grand Isle (1991). She died on 17 July 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Katharine Graham was one of the most powerful women in American media. Her multi-millionaire father, Eugene Meyer, purchased The Washington Post in 1933. After much success in restoring the down-and-out Post, he died in 1946 and left the newspaper to Graham's husband. However, her husband suffered from alcoholism and depression, and committed suicide in 1963. With 4 young children, Graham became president of the company, at a time when most women were in charge of their households and little else. In 1969, Graham was named the Post's publisher, a title she held for a decade.
Under Katharine Graham's leadership, The Washington Post became known for its hard-hitting investigations, including the publication of the Pentagon Papers (against the advice of the Post's lawyers), followed by Woodward and Bernstein's reporting of the Watergate scandal. Graham and her paper are often credited with bringing about the fall of President Richard Nixon.
Graham served as the Washington Post Co.'s chief executive officer and chairman of the board from 1973-91. Though she retired in 1991, she remained chairman of the company's executive committee until her death. Graham wrote her memoirs, "Personal History," in 1997, which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. She was injured in a fall in Idaho in June 2001, and died the following month at age 84. - Maria Aleksandrovna Prizvan-Sokolova was born on April 1, 1909, in Russia. She studied art and acting at the State Artistic Studio in Leningrad and graduated in 1931 as an actress.
From 1931-2001 Prizvan-Sokolova was a permanent member of the legendary troupe of Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). She made a remarkable stage career under directorship of Georgi Tovstonogov at the BDT. There her stage partners were such stars as Vasili Sofronov, Oleg Basilashvili, Tatyana Doronina, Alisa Freyndlikh, Lyudmila Makarova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Natalya Tenyakova, Elena Popova, Valentina Kovel, Kirill Lavrov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vitali Politseymako, Oleg Borisov, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yefim Kopelyan, Sergey Yurskiy, Evgeniy Lebedev, Ivan Palmu, Pavel Luspekayev, Nikolay Trofimov, Georgiy Shtil, Pavel Pankov, Mikhail Volkov, Leonid Nevedomsky, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Vadim Medvedev, Yuriy Demich, Gennadiy Bogachyov, Andrey Tolubeev, and many other remarkable Russian actors.
Maria Prizvan-Sokolova was designated the title of People's Artist of Russia. Her acting career spanned over 70 years. She played her last premiere on stage of Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg at the age of 90. Her performances were among the highest examples of stage acting. Maria Prizvan-Sokolova was also a reputable acting coach in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). She was the first acting teacher of such stars as Alisa Freyndlikh and Olga Volkova among many others. She died on July 17, 2001, in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Director
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Ernst Schmucker was born on 1 July 1921 in Munich, Germany. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (1969), Der Komödienstadel (1959) and Heute Abend: Ernst Stankovski (1964). He died on 17 July 2001.- József Pálfy was born on 30 May 1922 in Debrecen, Hungary. He was a writer, known for A három Pestör (1984) and Nemzetközi helyzet (1981). He died on 17 July 2001 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Ellen Adams was born on 14 July 1941 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an editor and director, known for Beautiful Dreamers (1990), Terror Train (1980) and Murder by Phone (1982). She died on 17 July 2001 in Ayton, Ontario, Canada.