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One of the great movie villains, Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr. was born in Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia (Van Fleet) and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Sr. His parents were of Dutch ancestry. Van Cleef started out as an accountant. He served in the U.S. Navy aboard minesweepers and sub chasers during World War II. After the war he worked as an office administrator, becoming involved in amateur theatrics in his spare time. An audition for a professional role led to a touring company job in "Mr. Roberts". His performance was seen by Stanley Kramer, who cast him as henchman Jack Colby in High Noon (1952), a role that brought him great recognition despite the fact that he had no dialogue. For the next decade, he played a string of memorably villainous characters, primarily in westerns but also in crime dramas such as The Big Combo (1955). His hawk nose and steely, slit eyes seemed destined to keep him always in the realm of heavies, but in the mid 1960s Sergio Leone cast him as the tough but decent Col. Mortimer opposite Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More (1965). A new career as a western hero (or at least anti-hero) opened up, and Van Cleef became an international star, though in films of decreasing quality. In the 1980s, he moved easily into action and martial-arts movies and starred in The Master (1984), a TV series featuring almost non-stop martial arts action. He died of a heart attack in December 1989 and was buried at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills.- Actress
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Silvana Mangano was born on April 21, 1930 in Rome, Italy and was raised in poverty during World War II. She trained as a dancer for seven years and supported herself as a model. In 1946, at age 16, she won the Miss Rome beauty pageant and through this, she obtained role in a Maria Della Costa film. One year later, she was one of the girls in the Miss Italia contest. Lucia Bose became "The Queen", and nearby, on the stage of Stresa, were some other future stars of Italian cinema: Gina Lollobrigida, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Gianna Maria Canale.
Mangano's earlier connection with filmmaking occurred with her romantic relationship with actor Marcello Mastroianni. This led her to a film contract, though this would take some time for Mangano to ascend to international stardom with her role in Bitter Rice (1949). Thereatfer, she signed a contract with Lux Film, and later married Dino De Laurentiis, who was on the verge of becoming a known producer. Though she never scaled the heights of her contemporaries Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, Mangano remained a favorite star of the 1950s and 1970s, appearing in Anna (1951), The Gold of Naples (1954), Mambo (1954), Teorema (1968), Death in Venice (1971) and The Scopone Game (1972).
Married to film producer Dino De Laurentiis from 1949, the couple had four children: Veronica, Raffaella, Francesca and Federico. Veronica's daughter Giada is the host of "Everyday Italian" and "Giada at Home" on the Food Network. Raffaella co-produced with her father on Mangano's penultimate film, the science fiction epic Dune (1984). In 1983, she separated from De Laurentiis and abandoned her career to live in Paris and Madrid, where she made tapestries. Following surgery on December 4, 1989 that left her in a coma, Silvana Mangano died at age 59 of lung cancer in Madrid, Spain during the early morning hours of December 16, 1989.- Aileen Pringle's favorite film was a mid-1920s silent based on a book by Elinor Glyn: Three Weeks (1924), sort of a "Lady Chatterly's Lover". She recalled in a 1980 telephone conversation: "The film was in good taste; some people thought the book was trashy". Anita Loos wrote in "A Girl Like I", the first volume of her autobiography, vaudeville comic Joe Frisco telling Glynn: "Leave me get this straight. You want to find some tramp that don't look like a tramp, to play that English tramp in your picture. But take it from me, that kind of tramp don't hang out in Hollywood". Aileen had spent her 20s married to Charles McKenzie Pringle, the son of Sir John Pringle, a Jamaica landowner and a member of the Privy and Legislative Councils of Jamaica. Aileen lived in Jamaica until she went on stage with George Arliss. When she began divorce proceedings against Pringle in 1926, Hollywood gossip columnists speculated she would marry H.L. Mencken. She did not remarry until 1944 when she became the bride of James M. Cain, author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice". I opened my 1980 telephone conversation with Aileen by mentioning that the day before I had been reading her correspondence with Mencken at the New York Public Library. "But all the letters were destroyed", she said. I knew that Mencken had asked for all of his letters to her back at the time he became engaged to Sara Haardt. Aileen was the only woman who received such a request from Mencken at that time. "It was your letters from the late '30s and '40s I was reading", I told Aileen. "In one of them Mencken was urging you to write a book. Did you ever finish it?" "No. I got married instead." In a 1946 letter she wrote to Mencken. "If I had remained married to that psychotic Cain, I would be wearing a straitjacket instead of the New Look."
- Shiro Tomita was born on 30 May 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Overkill (1987). He died on 16 December 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Marjorie Westbury was born on 18 June 1905 in Langley Green, Oldbury, Worcestershire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Girls of Slender Means (1975), Story Parade (1964) and The Long Garden Party (1964). She died on 16 December 1989 in Maresfield, Uckfield, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Kurt Klopsch was born on 24 December 1905 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967) and Intercontinental Express (1964). He died on 16 December 1989 in Hamburg, West Germany.
- Maha Sabry was born on 13 June 1933 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Montaha el farah (1964), El omr ayyam (1964) and Hikayet el omr kulluh (1965). She was married to Ali Baligh Sabry. She died on 16 December 1989 in Cairo, Egypt.
- Additional Crew
Nancy W. Green is known for The Uncle (1966). Nancy W. was married to Henry M. Stern and Jules L. Green. Nancy W. died on 16 December 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.- Charley Long was born on 6 April 1938 in DeKalb, Alabama, USA. He died on 16 December 1989 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
- Oscar Alfredo Gálvez was born on 17 August 1913 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 16 December 1989 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Actor
- Music Department
Gianni Poggi was born on 4 October 1921 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Casta diva (1954), House of Ricordi (1954) and Tosca (1961). He died on 16 December 1989 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Juan Carlos Pulido was an actor, known for Madre querida (1951), Menores de edad (1951) and The Important Man (1961). He died on 16 December 1989 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- René Tavernier was born on 21 May 1915 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Le bon plaisir (1984), Nadie escuchaba (1987) and Hôtel Terminus (1988). He died on 16 December 1989 in France.