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- Glen Corbett was born on 15 September 1922 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fireball (1950), The Violent Years (1956) and The Silver Theatre (1949). He was married to Adrianne Ellis and Theresa V. Kirby. He died on 15 August 1997 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- Norton Baskin was born on 14 October 1901 in Union Springs, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Cross Creek (1983). He was married to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. He died on 15 August 1997 in Florida, USA.
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Born In Orange, New Jersey in 1909. Ray Heatherton's family moved to Floral Park, Long Island, New York, where he made his debut as a vocalist with a jazz band that performed at local functions. He won a radio talent contest sponsored by Atwater Kent Inc. But, he made his professional debut with 'Paul Whiteman''s jazz band on Mr. Whiteman's "Old Gold Show" on The CBS Radio Network. From there, Heatherton performed at The New Amserdam Theater as part of Zigfeld's "Midnight Frollics". He eventually went on to perform in nightclubs, on several radio shows, in Broadway musicals and he cut two kids' records. One of them became the basis for The Merry Mailman (1950) TV show. After his stint in the US Marine Corps, he returned to the USA to host his first TV show: "Heatherton House!" - a weekday morning talk/variety show that aired on WJZ-TV Ch. 7 in New York City during the spring of 1949. But it was his next TV series that made him famous. In 1950, the station execs at WOR-TV invited him to audition for a new kids TV show. He won the audition and when he was asked "What type of character to you want to play on the show?", he decided to use his "Merry Mailman" character. The Merry Mailman (1950) debuted on WOR-TV Ch. 9 in NYC on Monday, October 16, l950. It was seen weekday evenings and afternoons on WOR-TV Ch. 9 in NYC until the show went off the air on Friday, March 22, 1956.- Animation Department
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Ferrandiz was born on 31 December 1919 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Ferrandiz was a writer, known for Los reyes magos de Pituco (1944), Garabatos Ramper (1942) and Garabatos Belmonte (1943). Ferrandiz died on 15 August 1997 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Director
- Writer
- Art Director
Vadim Kurchevskiy is Soviet animator, film director, screenwriter, TV host, writer, book illustrator, teacher. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1978). Since childhood, Vadim drew paper dolls. After graduating from high school, he tried to enter the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography at the department of animated film artists, but did not pass through the competition. A year later, he entered the Moscow Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts at the Faculty of Sculpture. He studied under the leadership of Aleksandr Deyneka. In 1953, after graduating from the institute, he was sent to work at the Zagorsky Research Institute for Toys. From 1957, Kurchevskiy worked at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in the newly created puppet association as an art director of puppet films, collaborated with directors Vladimir Degtyaryov, Anatoliy Karanovich, Teodor Bunimovich, Iosif Boyarskiy, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Roman Davydov. In 1961 he made his debut as a director, by putting together with Iosif Boyarskiy the animated film About the Goat (1960) based on the play by Samuil Marshak. Then until 1966 he worked in pair with Nikolay Serebryakov. Together, they set a fundamentally different fashion in doll animation, departing from children's fairy tales in the direction of more serious works. The style of the paintings also became more conventional and innovative. In addition, he headed a workshop at VGIK and taught drawing lessons at school, designed children's performances and worked as an illustrator in children's publications.- Zoltán Galabárdi was born on 20 January 1928 in Nagykutas, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Felmegyek a miniszterhez (1962), Zárótüz (1971) and Dallamkürt (1993). He died on 15 August 1997.
- Gisela Deege was born on 24 November 1928 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Leuchtende Schatten (1945), Chemie und Liebe (1948) and Große Tänzer (1954). She died on 15 August 1997 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.