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- Actress
- Producer
Marcheline Bertrand was born on 9 May 1950 in Blue Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Lookin' to Get Out (1982), The Man Who Loved Women (1983) and Ironside (1967). She was married to Tom Bessamra and Jon Voight. She died on 27 January 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Tige Andrews was born on 19 March 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Mod Squad (1968), Raid on Entebbe (1976) and Mister Roberts (1955). He was married to Norma Thornton and Josephine Bernice Phillips. He died on 27 January 2007 in Encino, California, USA.- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Bob Carroll Jr. was born August 12, 1918, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. At the age of three, Carroll and his family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. His interest in writing was sparked when as a teenager he entered a radio contest, submitting a script he had written while laid up in bed recovering from a hip ailment; his submission won first prize.
In his early twenties he left for Los Angeles, where he landed a job as an usher with CBS radio affiliate KNX. After a stint in the mail room, he was promoted to the writing staff.
In the late 1940s, along with Madelyn Pugh Davis, who became his writing partner for more than 60 years, he was working on comedian Steve Allen's radio show when he learned that Lucille Ball was looking for writers for her radio show, "My Favorite Husband." Conning Allen into writing his own show one week, the writing duo took the time to write a prospective script to submit to Ball. Ball loved the submission, and Carroll and Davis became the first permanent writers on "My Favorite Husband."
When the show moved to television in 1951, Ball took her writers with her, changing the name of the program to "I Love Lucy" and adding real-life husband Desi Arnaz to the cast.
Carroll and Pugh worked on every episode of the long-running show, as well as many episodes of "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour," "The Lucy Show," "Here's Lucy" and "Life With Lucy." "Life With Lucy" would be Ball's last show, and it went off the air in 1986, just three years before her death. Carroll and Davis developed the "Lucy formula" that was the mainstay of all her series and won Ball generations of fans. Each of the shows had the basic premise of Lucy developing a bizarre scheme to achieve what she wanted and having the entire plan turn into a pratfall-filled disaster, but Lucy is normally forgiven because of her well-intentioned motives.
Carroll and Davis also collaborated on several other projects, including the 1968 film "Yours, Mine and Ours" and the short-lived Desi Arnaz-produced sitcom "The Mothers-In-Law."
Carroll also wrote and produced the 1977 television special "Lucy Calls the President." This show has been rarely seen since its original airing and is considered by many Lucy fans a must-see. The show, which had Ball playing a concerned mother who calls then-President Jimmy Carter to complain about a federal housing project that would destroy a children's camp, was used as mini-reunion show that reunited Lucy with her longtime co-stars Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon, and it had a star-studded supporting cast. The special also proved to be the last on-screen appearance for Vance and Ball.
Bob Carroll also had several noted projects outside of working with Lucille Ball. He served as a producer and sometime writer for the successful sitcom "Alice" starring Linda Lavin and the short-lived but Golden Globe-nominated "The Paul Lynde Show."
Bob Carroll died of natural causes on January 27, 2007, at the age of 88. He had been married and divorced twice and he was survived by a daughter.- Anne Grete Hilding was born on 21 February 1924 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for North Sea Boys (1950). She was married to Knud Hilding. She died on 27 January 2007.
- Heather Garraus was born on 8 February 1969 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA. She died on 27 January 2007 in Greeley, Colorado, USA.
- Herbert Reinecker was born on 24 December 1914 in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Kommissar (1969), Deadly Decision (1954) and Wer erschoß Boro? (1987). He was married to Brunhilde 'Holly' Reinecker and Angela Schmikowski. He died on 27 January 2007 in Kempfenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.
- Additional Crew
- Actress
- Location Management
Beebe Smilow was born on 28 April 1920. She was an actress, known for Seven (1979), L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach (1998) and Hard Hunted (1992). She was married to Jack Smilow. She died on 27 January 2007 in California, USA.- Kamleshwar was born on 6 January 1932 in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a writer, known for Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978), The Burning Train (1980) and Aandhi (1975). He died on 27 January 2007 in New Delhi, India.
- C.K. Yang was born on 10 July 1932 in Taitung, Taiwan. He was an actor, known for Shen lin zi hu (1976), There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) and One More Train to Rob (1971). He was married to Daisy Yang. He died on 27 January 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Leif Nymark was born on 18 April 1943 in Eskilstuna, Södermanlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for 491 (1964). He died on 27 January 2007 in Sweden.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Producer
Claude Binyon Jr. was born on 13 July 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Claude was an assistant director and production manager, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), Westworld (1973) and 77 Sunset Strip (1958). Claude died on 27 January 2007 in Bellevue, Washington, USA.- Writer
- Actress
Iva Hercíková was born on 2 November 1935 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was a writer and actress, known for Pet holek na krku (1967), Run, Waiter, Run! (1981) and Oko (2009). She was married to J.R. Pick, Frantisek Nemec and Milos Hercík. She died on 27 January 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Wanda Kosmo was born on 5 July 1930 in São Bento do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She was an actress and director, known for Se o Mar Contasse (1964), O Pecado de Cada Um (1965) and Grande Teatro Tupi (1951). She was married to Zéluiz Pinho. She died on 27 January 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Walker Stuart was born on 17 July 1920. He was a producer and director, known for Lord of the Flies (1990), That's Me (1963) and End of the Line (1987). He died on 27 January 2007.- Paul Channon was born on 9 October 1935 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He was married to Ingrid Olivia Georgia Guinness. He died on 27 January 2007 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Josefa Candita Santiago was born on 25 July 1915 in Gibara, Cuba. Josefa Candita died on 27 January 2007 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Virpi Uimonen was born on 18 November 1945 in Pieksämäki, Finland. She was an actress, known for Aura ja tähdet (1967), Kesän maku (1975) and Runoilija ja muusa (1978). She was married to Jarkko Rantanen. She died on 27 January 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Erich Feigl was born in 1931 in Vienna, Austria. Erich died on 27 January 2007 in Vienna, Austria.
- Charlotte Lesher was born on 5 July 1926. She died on 27 January 2007.
- Bing Devine was born on 1 March 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was married to Mary Devine. He died on 27 January 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Music Department
Ebony Browne was born on 25 September 1974 in Watsonville, California, USA. She is known for Rosa oder Welche Farbe hat das Leben! (2004). She died on 27 January 2007 in Portland, Oregon, USA.