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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Akemi Negishi might never have become an actress but for Josef von Sternberg. The legendary director was in Japan looking for a woman to play the seductress who leads a bunch of soldiers astray in his upcoming (and as it turned out, last) movie _Anatahan (1954)_. But Sternberg spotted Negishi one night, dancing on the cabaret stage, and chose her at once. This was the first in a long string of exotic roles, most unusual for the average Japanese actress, but which became her trademark, in films as various as _Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)_ and Dodes'ka-den (1970). She was a favorite actress of both Akira Kurosawa and Ishirô Honda, both directors seeing beyond the kind of role in which she was usually typecast, and thereby encouraging her to some of the best work any Japanese actress did in the 1950s and 1960s. Her most memorable roles are probably for Kurosawa, in The Lower Depths (1957) and Dodes'ka-den (1970); but she is probably best known outside Japan for playing the woman who leads the dance of tribute to Kong in _Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)_. Negishi was an unusual presence in Japanese film at that time, since her presence was so aggressively, obviously sensual. This militated against her becoming a major star in the conservative Japanese atmosphere of the time, but she was fortunate to be able to do excellent character work throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Following her arresting cameo as the beautiful lone housewife in Dodes'ka-den (1970), it appears that Negishi retired.- Joyce Vanderveen was born on 27 April 1927 in Netherlands. She was an actress, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Peter Gunn (1958) and Combat! (1962). She was married to Louis Blaine. She died on 11 March 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
David Nettheim was born on 10 July 1925 in Sydney, Australia. He was an actor and writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1988) and The Avengers (1961). He died on 11 March 2008 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Pablo Marichal was born on 17 August 1945 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor, known for El Topo (1970), Triunfa la pandilla (1959) and Yo fui una callejera (1952). He died on 11 March 2008 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Helga Märthesheimer was born on 27 March 1938 in Kassel, Germany. She was an actress, known for Fear of Fear (1975) and Je später der Abend... (1973). She died on 11 March 2008 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Phyllis Spira was born on 18 October 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She died on 11 March 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Arkadi Pinchuk was born on 11 January 1930. He was a writer, known for Delo dlya nastoyashchikh muzhchin (1984), Potomu chto lyublyu (1974) and U menya vsyo normalno (1979). He died on 11 March 2008.
- Pyotr Gorin was born on 8 June 1930. He was an actor, known for Krug (1972), Nikogda (1962) and Pozdniye svidaniya (1980). He died on 11 March 2008.
- Vivian Byrne died on 11 March 2008 in North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Richard Lane was born in 1918 in Coogee, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for Homicide (1964), Motel (1968) and The Young Doctors (1976). He died on 11 March 2008 in Australia.
- Byron Daniel Bishop was born on 8 May 1978 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for In the Name of the Brotherhood (1996) and I Dream of a Psychopomp (2021). He died on 11 March 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Bob Hubar was born on 12 September 1950 in Netherlands. He was a producer and actor, known for Superstition (2001), Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000) and Het 14e kippetje (1998). He died on 11 March 2008 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- William Murray was born on 31 August 1954 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Demon Resurrection (2008) and Sleepless Nights (2022). He died on 11 March 2008 in Bronx, New York, USA.
- Ivo Rogulja was born on 5 December 1931 in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for The Rat Savior (1976), Charuga (1991) and The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980). He died on 11 March 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Wolfgang Lindner was born on 2 July 1949. He was married to Herlinde Lindner. He died on 11 March 2008.
- Costume Designer
Susanne Panfilowitsch was born on 13 April 1930. She was a costume designer, known for Gefahr für die Liebe - Aids (1985), Police Call 110 (1971) and Mandara (1983). She died on 11 March 2008 in Berlin, Germany.