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Ray Bradbury was an American science fiction writer whose works were translated in more than 40 languages and sold millions of copies around the world. Although he created a world of new technical and intellectual ideas, he never obtained a driver's license and had never driven an automobile.
He was born Ray Douglas Bradbury on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. He was the third son in the family. His father, Leonard Spaulding Bradbury, was a telephone lineman and technician. His mother, Esther Marie Bradbury (nee Moberg), was a Swedish immigrant. His grandfather and great-grandfather were newspaper publishers. In 1934, his family settled in Los Angeles, California. There, young Bradbury often roller-skated through Hollywood, trying to spot celebrities. He attended Los Angeles High School, where he was involved in the drama club and planned to become an actor. He graduated from high school in 1938 and had no more formal education. Instead, he learned from reading works of such writers as Lev Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky, among others.
From 1938-1942, he was selling newspapers on the streets of Los Angeles, spending days in the local library and nights at the typewriter. At that time, he published his stories in fanzines. In 1941, he became a paid writer when the pulp magazine Science Stories published his short story, titled "Pendulum", and he was a full-time writer by the end of 1942. His first book - "Dark Carnival" - was a collection of stories published in 1947. That same year, he married Marguerite McClure (1922-2003), whom he met at a bookstore a year earlier. Maggie, as she was affectionately called, was the only woman Bradbury ever dated. They had four daughters and, eventually, eight grandchildren.
Ray Bradbury shot to international fame after publication of "The Martian Chronicles" (1950), a collection of short stories partially based on ideas from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Then he followed the anti-Utopian writers Yevgeni Zamyatin and Aldous Huxley in his best-known work, "Fahrenheit 451" (1953). The film adaptation (Fahrenheit 451 (1966)) by director François Truffaut, starring Julie Christie, received several nominations. However, Bradbury was not happy with the television adaptation (The Martian Chronicles (1980), starring Rock Hudson) of his story "The Martian Chronicles". His other novels and stories also have been adapted to films and television, as well as for radio, theatre and comic books. Bradbury had written episodes for Alfred Hitchcock's television series, as well as for many other television productions. His total literary output is close to 600 short stories, more than 30 books and numerous poems and plays. He was writing daily.
In 2004, Bradbury received a National Medal of Arts. He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6644 Hollywood Boulevard. An asteroid was named in his honor, "9766 Bradbury", and the Apollo 15 astronauts named an impact crater on the moon "Dandelion Crater", after his novel, "Dandelion Wine". He also received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from Science Fiction Writers of America, an Emmy Award for his work as a writer on "The Halloween Tree", and many other awards and honors. Ray Bradbury died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 91, in Los Angeles, California.- Actress
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Caroline John was a classically trained actress who did some significant and prestigious stage work, but she is best remembered for one television role which she played for less than a year (and only four serials) - that of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw in Doctor Who (1963). Of the many satellites that have orbited the official incarnations of 'the Doctor' between 1963 and the present, John was arguably one of the brightest. Not only was she one of the most attractive of the companions but she also stood out for her resourcefulness and intelligence.
The daughter of an actor and a dancer, John was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London before making her stage debut with the Royal Court Theatre. She then acted in repertory and had a three-and-a-half year stint with the National Theatre Company under the auspices of its artistic director Laurence Olivier, performing in such plays as "Othello", "The Master Builder" and (as Ophelia) in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". John joined Lambda in the late 1960s, touring through Italy, Yugoslavia and Romania with D.H. Lawrence's play "Daughter-in-Law".
Having submitted a glamorous modelling shot of herself to outgoing producers Peter Bryant and Derrick Sherwin, John successfully auditioned for the role of Dr. Liz Shaw and was first featured at the beginning of Season Seven in Spearhead from Space: Episode 1 (1970). Like her immediate predecessor, Zoe Heriot, who was an astrophysicist, her character was meant to be a super-intelligent character (the Brigadier famously describes her as being "an expert on meteorites, with degrees in medicine, physics and a dozen other subjects") who would help the new Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and also shared his moral principles. Her strong and independent personality contrasted markedly from the stereotype of the screaming, helpless scatter-brains the 20th century series is usually accused of having as companions. In a 1987 interview, John revealed that she was on occasion given leeway to ad lib if it helped to liven up a scene that didn't come off as originally written. However, script editor Terrance Dicks, new producer Barry Letts and Jon Pertwee all disliked the character of Liz Shaw, considering her too clever and grown-up to be relatable to the younger members of the audience. They also perceived it to be necessary to more fully explain the 'technobabble' to audiences. This required a suitably naïve character to ask the relevant questions. Consequently, John was dropped from the show at the end of the season in favour of Katy Manning's Jo Grant, a reversion to the show's earlier format. Terrance Dicks later commented that he thought John was actually too good an actress to play a companion to the Doctor. Although he'd written her out of the show, Barry Letts later cast John in his BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982). John occasionally reprised her role of Liz Shaw for direct-to-video spin-offs, an audio series and for the seminal 1983 reunion special The Five Doctors (1983).
Post- Doctor Who (1963), she had a regular spot on Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990) and guested in such shows as Poirot (1989), Silent Witness (1996) and Midsomer Murders (1997). She also maintained a steady flow of theatrical engagements and was latterly noted for her solo tour-de-force as Mildred Asher in "Nightingale", a play written by Lynn Redgrave, which ran at the New End Theatre in London and at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2006.- Athinodoros Prousalis was born on 15 December 1926 in Constantinople, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Stratiotes dihos stoli (1960), O proestos tou horiou (1973) and Xerizomeni genia (1967). He died on 5 June 2012 in Athens, Greece.
- Rosalind Chatto was born in 1923 in Orsett, Essex, England, UK. She was married to Tom Chatto. She died on 5 June 2012 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Born in Wingate, County Durham on the 10th August 1930 he was educated at Stockton on Tees Grammar School and Manchester University then spent a number of years in the Eastern Mediteranean region teaching English in Athens and Istanbul. He turned to writing with his first novel, 'The Partnership' being published in 1966 followed by 'The Greeks Have a Word For It' in 1967. Following his 13th novel - 'Losing Nelson' - he spent 15 months as Writer in Residence at Liverpool University . He bought the film rights to ' The Stone Virgin' but it was never made. He wrote the scripts for 'Sacred Hunger', a series for Channel 4 but it was canceled.
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- Actress
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Laura Olsher was born on 27 March 1927 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) and Love of Life (1951). She died on 5 June 2012 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Shaunna O'Brien-Moran was born on 1 August 1964 in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. She was a production manager, known for Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997), The Last Winter (1989) and Trucks (1997). She was married to Richard O'Brien-Moran. She died on 5 June 2012 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Shapur Gharib was born in 1932 in Semnan, Iran. He was a director and writer, known for Summer Vacation (1977), The daughter of the king of fairies (1968) and The Iconoclast (1976). He died on 5 June 2012 in Tehran, Iran.- Sappho Henderson was born on 27 January 1921 in Swisher, Texas, USA. She died on 5 June 2012 in Riverside, California, USA.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vojislav Milasevic was born on 17 September 1932 in Cetinje, Crna Gora, Yugoslavia. He was a director and assistant director, known for Price iz fabrike (1985), Djetinjstvo mladosti (1979) and Budite dobri sa gospodinom Sloanom (1970). He died on 5 June 2012 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Music Department
Dennis St. John was born on 9 November 1941 in Beatrice, Nebraska, USA. He is known for The Hard Ride (1971), The Jazz Singer (1980) and Tom (1973). He died on 5 June 2012 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Patrick Burgel was born on 7 September 1946 in Carrières-sous-Poissy, Yvelines, France. He was an actor, known for The Visitors (1993), Highlander (1992) and Châteauvallon (1985). He died on 5 June 2012 in Vernon, Eure, France.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Józef Bakalarski was born on 12 February 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a cinematographer, known for Wycieczka w nieznane (1968), Wniebowstapienie (1969) and Przekladaniec (1968). He died on 5 June 2012 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- James F. Garner Sr. was born on 21 December 1961 in Michigan, USA. James F. was a director, known for The Smoke House Curse (2010). James F. died on 5 June 2012 in Michigan, USA.
- Ellen Kander was born on 28 March 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Ellen was married to Gregg. Ellen died on 5 June 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.