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Tennessee Williams met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer of 1948 (Merlo died of lung cancer in the fall of 1963). Though separated briefly in 1961 and again in 1962, the two were partners for 15 years. Merlo acted as his personal manager/secretary.
Williams spent much of his most prolific years in Rome, Italy, and his enduring friendship with Italian stage and screen legend Anna Magnani lasted 24 years and inspired both "The Rose Tattoo" and "Orpheus Descending". Magnani realized the lead parts of these two plays, which were written for her, in their film versions. The turbulent and inspirational friendship shared between Williams and Magnani is the subject of the internationally acclaimed play "Roman Nights" by Franco D'Alessandro.
Aside from his published "Memoirs", the only authorized biographical book on Williams is by Bruce Smith, entitled "Costly Performances - Tennessee Williams; The Last Stage." This book deals with the last four years of Williams' life (1979-1983).- Actor
Harry Campbell was born on 15 October 1902 in Revere, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor. He died on 25 February 1983 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA.- Frans Zuidinga was born on 13 March 1920 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Herrie om Harrie (1963), Stiefbeen en zoon (1963) and Eerste man! (1967). He died on 25 February 1983 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Mignon Anderson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1892. Her father was a former vaudeville performer and opera singer who left the stage to go into the insurance business. Her mother, Hallie Howard, was also a former vaudeville performer. Mignon got her show-business start at a very early age--at six months old she appeared in a stage production as the infant daughter of the leading lady. She grew into quite a beautiful young woman, and easily found work as an artists' model.
She made her film debut in 1911 with the Thanhouser Company in Robert Emmet (1911). Her popularity grew and she became renowned not only for her beauty and acting work, but for her somewhat notorious (for the time) private life--her nickname among her fellow Thanhouser actors was "Filet Mignon". She was romantically linked to such show-business personalities as Val Hush and Irving Cummings. She and Cumming eventually became engaged, but the relationship fell apart and they never married. She did, however, wind up marrying another Thanhouser actor, J. Morris Foster, in 1915. They remained married until Foster's death in 1966.
In 1917 she signed with Universal Pictures but left the studio a year later. While there she appeared in such pictures as The Hunted Man (1917) and A Young Patriot (1917). After leaving Universal she freelanced, appearing mainly in films for small independent studios, such as Metro's The Claim (1918), Republic Distributing's Mountain Madness (1920) and Peerless' The Heart of a Woman (1920). She and her husband took about a year off from films in 1919 to appear on the stage, and did it again in the late 1920s.
Mignon Anderson died in Los Angeles, California, on February 25, 1983. - Sten Frykberg was born on 19 February 1910 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was a composer, known for Bohus bataljon (1949). He died on 25 February 1983 in Lidingö, Sweden.
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Michal Lesniak was born on 5 July 1913 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor and production manager, known for The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981), Uczta Baltazara (1954) and Dezerter (1958). He died on 25 February 1983 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.- Ján Hecko was born on 8 February 1910 in Horné Oresany, Austria-Hungary [now Slovakia]. He was an actor, known for Drevená dedina (1955), Stretnutie (1975) and V hodine dvanástej (1959). He died on 25 February 1983 in Martin, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].
- Tiny Ruffner was born on 18 November 1899 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Double Talk Girl (1942), Captain Henry's Radio Show (1933) and This Is Your Life (1950). He died on 25 February 1983 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, USA.