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Elegance and femininity are fitting descriptions for Arlene Dahl. She is considered to be one of the most beautiful actresses to have graced the screen during the postwar period. Audiences were captivated by her breathtaking beauty and the way she used to it to her advantage, progressing from claimer to character roles.
Of Norwegian extraction, Miss Dahl was born in Minneapolis. Following high school she joined a local drama group, supporting herself with a variety of jobs, including modeling for a number of department stores. Arriving in Hollywood in 1946, she signed a brief contract with Warner Brothers, but she is best remembered for her work at MGM. The Bride Goes Wild (1948) was her first work at Metro. It was an odd but rather humorous love story, which starred Van Johnson and June Allyson.
Although her beauty captivated audiences, it ultimately limited her to smaller roles, and the mark she made at MGM was small. Some of her best films were Reign of Terror (1949), which actually required some acting and she acquitted herself quite well, Three Little Words (1950), Woman's World (1954), Slightly Scarlet (1956) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959).
Leaving films behind her in 1959, her typecasting would pay off financially as she became a beauty columnist and writer. She later established herself as a businesswoman, founding Arlene Dahl Enterprises which marketed lingerie and cosmetics.
She was married six times, two of whom were actors, Lex Barker and Fernando Lamas. She is the mother of actor / action star Lorenzo Lamas, and actually made a guest appearance in his film Night of the Warrior (1991).- Actor
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David Gulpilil is a legendary Yolngu actor, a First Nations person of Northern Australia, born around 1953. The local missionaries gave him his birthdate of July 1, 1953, just as they gave him his Christian name David, although he admits he liked that name from the start. His last name, Gulpilil, was a totem, the kingfisher. He'd never seen a white person until he was 8 when he visited the mission school, but he never really allowed them to teach him anything.
In 1969, the British film director Nicolas Roeg, scouting locations in the Outback, appeared at a mission in the north and asked if anyone knew a boy who can throw a spear, who can hunt, and who can dance, and everyone pointed at David.
David's easy smile made him a natural, and it quickly became obvious that he was unlike anyone the white man had met in the outback. He was not reserved or suspicious of strangers, and carried song on his lips and rhythm in his legs. David Gulpilil was fearless.
Looking back over his career, he tells us in the documentary, My Name is Gulpilil (2021), filmed while dying of terminal lung cancer, that he never acted, that acting wasn't something he had to do because it was natural. "I know how to walk across the land in front of a camera, because I belong there," Standing on stage, before a camera, or before the Queen of England, David felt comfortable in his own skin whether it was barely dressed in a loin cloth, or stuffed into the white man's dinner jacket.
Roeg quickly cast the charismatic Gulpilil in Walkabout (1971), a film based upon Donald G Payne's 1959 novel about a boy who cheerfully leads children to safety. Without really knowing it, Roeg broke new ground in Australian cinema, and redefined the way that Indigenous people were represented in Australian cinema. The film was an international success everywhere but in Australia, where First Nation peoples had been previously portrayed only by white people wearing blackface. And to top it off, the film broke cultural barriers, presenting on the wide screen a sexually attractive young Black man.
David Gulpilli was, overnight, hurled in to high society as an instant, international celebrity and presented before Queen Elizabeth, who found him quite charming and humorous. She in turn introduced David to John Lennon and that was just the beginning. Before long he was soon shaking hands with Muhammad Ali, Marlon Brando, Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Marley, who would help contribute to David's downfall. David taught Bob Marley to play the didgeridoo. Marley taught David to smoke ganja. But it was while filming Mad Dog Morgan (1976) that he got his crash course in hellraising by Dennis Hopper. Later in his one-man stage show he'd say, "If you're working with people like Dennis Hopper and [John] Meillon, well, you gotta learn all about drinking and drugs."
David enjoyed being in front of the camera, and he well knew the importance of his work because it was history and it would "remember to generation to generation," shining a spotlight on his people who had been murdered, exploited, and corralled into camps. The collective history of his people meant everything to him and these films, he claimed, "Won't rub it out."
He was a dancer, a singer, an artist, and a story teller, and fell lovingly into the role of ambassador of his culture to the white man's world, which ironically would eventually divorce him from his culture, as he took to drink and drugs and wound up in trouble with the law, racking up four drink-driving arrests, and one drunken escapade that landed him in jail again, but this time for assaulting his wife. As he admitted in his biopic, "Left side, my country. Right side, white man's world. This one tiptoe in caviar and champagne, this one in the dirt of my Dreamtime."
When he'd been discovered, he spoke no English, though he knew a few dialects of the First People's language, and he was such a quick learner. He began picking up English while just listening during the making of the film, Walkabout, and afterwards as he travelled about the world.
In his one man show, "Gulpilli," he tells the story of trying to use a knife and fork while sitting next to the queen. He cut and cut but couldn't get any meat as he just moved the plate around the table. He gave up and finally picked it up with his hands. Whether true or not, he tells how the Royal Family joined in, eating their meat as he did.
After his sudden fame in Walkabout, David found his way onto Australian television in episodes of Boney (1972), Homicide (1964), Rush (1974), The Timeless Land (1980), and more, and even got a bit part in The Right Stuff (1983).
He was quickly recognized as the most renowned tribal dancer in Australia, and he choreographed the traditional First People's dance in Crocodile Dundee (1986). His love of dance inspired him to organize dancing troupes and musicians that won the Darwin Australia Day Eisteddfod dance competition four times.
His breakthrough role came in the mid-seventies with Storm Boy (1976), one of David's personal favorites, followed up by a lead role in The Last Wave (1977). In fact, his last appearance as an actor was in the remake of Storm Boy (2019), playing the father of Fingerbone Bill, the character he'd played in the original version.
Despite his fame, his earnings were never substantial and he was subjected to racism from agents and film crews. He was often homeless, sleeping in parks. He wound up living in a corrugated iron hut in the community of Raminginig that had no electricity or running water, where he hunted kangaroos, cooking bush meat over an open fire. "I was brought up in a tin shed. I wandered all over the world - Paris, New York - now I'm back in a tin shed," Gulpilil said.
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) is the story of Australia's Lost Generations, in which mixed race First Nation children were removed from their families and placed in church-run missions in order to breed the "black" out of them and integrate them into society. Many of the children ran away from these camps and trackers were sent out after them. David Gulpilil played the formidable tracker in Rabbit-Proof Fence, and that led to a leading role in The Tracker (2002), directed by Rolf de Heer. David referred to this role as the best performance in his career. He won best actor at the Australian Film Institute Awards, the Inside Film Awards, and the Film Critics' Circle Awards.
He teamed up with Rolf de Herr a few more times, but their most unique production was the first film scripted entirely in the Yolngu language, called Ten Canoes (2006). Gulpilil narrated the film and it won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It was after this time that David's life took a downhill turn and landed him in prison because of his drinking and assaulting his then partner Miriam Ashley. After his release he went into treatment and got sober.
Clean and sober he went to work again with Rolf de Herr and co-wrote the film Charlie's Country (2013), the true to life story of an ageing man who yearned to return to his cultural roots. Gulpilil gave the performance of his career, winning four best actor awards, including best actor at the Cannes Film Festival. At the Australian Film Critics Association Awards, he shared with Rolf de Heer the best screenplay award.
Released six months before his passing, My Name is Gulpilil (2021) is, as David put it, the story of his story. Though very ill, David gives us insight into his charismatic life and charm as we witness the full spectrum of his talents. We see him dancing, singing, celebrating, and even painting. One of his paintings, "King brown snake with blue tongue lizard at Gulparil waterhole" hangs in The Art Gallery Of South Australia. He spins wool from his hair, something his ancestors handed down that his father taught him. He takes us for a walk through his land, along the rivers, in the shadows of the mountains, and knowing he's dying, he admits he really doesn't yet grasp it, but tells us, "I'm walking like across the desert of the country, a long, long way. Until the time comes . . . for me."- Bill Vint was born on 22 November 1942 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), The Baltimore Bullet (1980) and Felony (1994). He died on 29 November 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
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Tommy Lane was born Benjamin Thomas Lane in Liberty City, Miami, Florida. He was an actor and stuntman in various films, including Shaft (1971), Live and Let Die (1973), and Ganja & Hess (1973). In addition to a career on the stage and screen, Tommy was a jazz musician who played the trumpet and flugelhorn.- Howard Honig was born on 17 April 1931 in New York City, New York. He was an actor, known for City Slickers (1991), Airplane! (1980) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). He died on 29 November 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Emma Catalfamo was an accomplished, creative, and visually-oriented person with extensive artistic interests. She was a graduate of Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema; specifically the prestigious Specialization in Film Studies program. This allowed her to both study film in an academic context and apply this knowledge to filmmaking. She also studied an MA Filmmaking at the London Film School, which allowed her to hone in on the craft of filmmaking.
With a deep interest in framing the world, naturally she liked to do so with both film and photography. Her cinematic works deal with themes such as addiction, mental illness, unexpected pregnancy, and toxic masculinity, as well as oppressive gender roles in general.
Emma died in her sleep in November 2021.- Actor
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Bill Dalzell was born on 12 December 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Sudden Death (1995), Striking Distance (1993) and The Mothman Prophecies (2002). He was married to Janice L. Rambow. He died on 29 November 2021.- Director
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Vladimir Naumov was born on 6 December 1927 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Assassination Attempt (1981), Mir vkhodyashchemu (1961) and Bereg (1984). He was married to Natalya Belokhvostikova and Elza Lezhdey. He died on 29 November 2021 in Moscow, Russia.- Don Demeter was born on 25 June 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was married to Betty Madole. He died on 29 November 2021 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
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Helga Reidemeister was born on 4 February 1940 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Is This Fate? (1979), Gotteszell - Ein Frauengefängnis (2001) and Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul (2009). She died on 29 November 2021 in Berlin, Germany.- Jairo Lourenço was born on 16 February 1961. He was an actor, known for Planet of the Pantanal (1990), Vale Tudo (1988) and O Dono do Mundo (1991). He died on 29 November 2021 in Curitiba , Brazil.
- Bernard Rancillac was born on 29 August 1931 in Paris, France. He was married to Marie-Claude Teuma. He died on 29 November 2021 in Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Pál Valkay was born on 3 December 1933 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Bírós emberek (1997) and Hotel Szekszárdi (2002). He died on 29 November 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Robert Farris Thompson was born on 30 December 1932 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was married to Nancy Gaylord. He died on 29 November 2021 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Manfred Schubert was born on 6 August 1927 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Nur ein Märchen... (1963), Zwei im Frack (2001) and Damals war's (1995). He died on 29 November 2021 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- La Marr Hoyt was born on 1 January 1955 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. He was married to Sylvia and Leslie. He died on 29 November 2021 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
- Peter Carino was born on 2 September 1951 in Flushing, Queens New York City, New York, USA. Peter was married to Donald J. Ruge Jr. and Ann Clurman . Peter died on 29 November 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Allan Rechtchaffen was born on 8 December 1927 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Karen Culberg. He died on 29 November 2021 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Peter Carlson was born on 21 December 1942 in the USA. Peter was a producer, known for A Journey Through the Blues: The Son Seals Story (2007). Peter died on 29 November 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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Robert Pozarski was an actor, known for The Crown of the Kings (2018), Humble Servants (2016) and Back Home (2019). He died on 29 November 2021.