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- James Kenney was born on 20 July 1930 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), The Love Match (1955) and H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956). He died on 13 January 1987 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Elvira Ríos was the singer who brought the bolero song to international attention. She was born in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution, and began her career in her country in the mid-1930s. While singing on radio station XEW, Ríos' voice and beauty were noticed by Manuel Reachi, an assistant of Paramount Pictures producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.. Hornblow cast her as Rosa in his next production, Tropic Holiday (1938), which is set in Mexico.
Ríos also signed contracts to sing for the NBC radio station in Los Angeles and record songs for the Decca label in New York City. Around the same time, John Ford gave her an uncredited bit part as Yakima, an Apache woman, in Stagecoach (1939). She was also the leading lady of cowboy singer Ray Whitley in Cupid Rides the Range (1939), an RKO Radio production.
Her fame and success spread throughout Latin America, and soon she found herself in Argentina singing on local radio stations and starring in the Argentine musical drama Ven mi corazón te llama (1942), in which she received top billing above famous Argentine performers. She was very popular in Brazil and performed there at the Casino da Urca in Rio de Janeiro.
Although she was busy with nightclub engagements around Latin America, Ríos returned to her homeland to play her only starring role in a Mexican film in Murallas de pasión (1944). She returned to Argentina before the end of the decade to play Lupe Torres, an attractive but mysterious Mexican bolero singer, in El tango vuelve a París (1948). In the late 1940s, she also traveled to Paris, France, and Madrid Spain, where she recorded several singles for the Spanish Columbia label.
Ríos' recording career in Mexico was revived around the early 1950s, when she recorded an album for the Musart label. In 1957, she recorded another one for RCA Victor Records and sang two of the album's tracks in Melodías inolvidables (1959), in which she had a small role. In 1961, she made history when she became the first non-U.S. singer to perform for the annual President's Black Tie Ball at the National Press Club in Washington.
She made two more albums for RCA Victor and later signed a contract with Orfeón Records, where she made several more recordings, including new versions of her biggest hits. Her career ended in the late 1970s, when she stopped singing at nightclubs and retired. Afflicted with renal failure and bladder cancer, she died in 1987 at her home in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City. She was 73. Her remains were cremated. Her legacy lives on through her recordings, films, and television appearances.- Writer
- Actor
Eddie Moran was born on 4 July 1899 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Two Fisted (1935), Wintertime (1943) and Darwin Was Right (1924). He died on 13 January 1987 in Maryland, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Igor Ilyinsky was a notable Russian actor of Maly Theatre in Moscow, who was best known for his roles in Soviet comedies, such as Byvalov in Volga - Volga (1938).
He was born Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky on June 24, 1901, in Moscow, Russia. Young Ilyinsky was fond of theatre, he was involved in drama class while a student of Moscow Gymnasium. In 1917, at the age of 16, he joined the acting studio of Fedor Komissarzhevsky, father of Vera Komissarzhevskaya, and director of Komissarzhevsky Theatre in Moscow. There, in 1917, Ilyinsky made his stage debut in Aristophanes's Lysistrata.
From 1920 - 1934 Ilyinsky was member of Meyerhold's Theatre in Moscow, he worked with director Vsevolod Meyerhold for 14 years. By the late 1920s he established himself as a popular comedian in the Soviet Union. At the same time, Ilyinsky also made appearances at the 1st Moscow Art Theatre, as Grumio in the Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'. His popularity led to more invitations, and he worked with several other theatre companies in Moscow during the 1920s - early 1930s.
In 1924 Ilyinsky made his film debut as Kravtsov, a comic character in the first Soviet science-fiction movie Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924) by director Yakov Protazanov. In 1925 he shot to fame with the role as Petya Petelkin, who won a lottery and is now trying to start his own business in the new Soviet reality, in Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka (1925) also by director Yakov Protazanov. Ilyinsky was best known in the Soviet Union for his role as Byvalov in Volga - Volga (1938) by director Grigoriy Aleksandrov.
From 1938 to 1987 Ilyinsky was the leading actor of Maly Theatre. He worked on stage with such actors as Vera Pashennaya, Nikolai Annenkov, Varvara Massalitinova, Varvara Ryzhova, Yevdokiya Turchaninova, Yelena Gogoleva, Varvara Obukhova, Yelena Shatrova, Elina Bystritskaya, Rufina Nifontova, Tatyana Eremeeva, Aleksandr Ostuzhev, Vladimir Davydov, Sergei Aidarov, Stepan Kuznetsov, Prov Sadovsky, Boris Ravenskikh, Boris Babochkin, Mikhail Zharov, Mikhail Tsaryov, Pavel Olenev, Mikhail Sadovsky, Konstantin Zubov, Viktor Khokhryakov, Vsevolod Aksyonov, Nikolai Ryzhov, Evgeniy Vesnik, Viktor Korshunov, Evgeniy Samoylov, Yuriy Solomin, and many other notable Russian actors. Ilyinsky's stage performances were admired by such contemporaries as Vsevolod Meyerhold, Konstantin Stanislavski, and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, among others.
Igor Ilyinsky was designated People's Actor of the USSR, and was awarded the State Stalin's Prize. He was also known for his radio performances in the Soviet Union. Ilyinsky was married to actress Tatyana Eremeeva and the couple had one son. Igor Ilyinsky died on January 13, 1987, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Anatoli Efros was born on 3 June 1925 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He was a director and writer, known for Shumnyy den (1961), V chetverg i bolshe nikogda (1978) and Visokosnyy god (1962). He was married to Yakovleva, Olga and Natalya Krymova. He died on 13 January 1987 in Russia.- Tom Morgan was born on 20 May 1930 in El Monte, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Born Yesterday (1956), 1956 World Series (1956) and 1955 World Series (1955). He died on 13 January 1987 in Anaheim, California, USA.
- Sound Department
Jim Miller was born on 15 June 1902 in New Mexico, USA. Jim is known for About Mrs. Leslie (1954), Strategic Air Command (1955) and Road to Bali (1952). Jim died on 13 January 1987 in Ventura, California, USA.- Matt Hazeltine was born on 2 August 1933 in Ross, California, USA. He died on 13 January 1987 in San Francisco, California, USA.