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Frank D. Gilroy, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright who established himself as a screenwriter for television before breaking through as a dramatist with his 1964 Broadway hit The Subject Was Roses (1968), was born in New York City on October 13, 1925. A native of The Bronx, his father was an Irish-American coffee broker, and his mother was of German and Italian extraction. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx, he enlisted in the Army and served in Europe during WWII. A returning veteran is the protagonist of "The Subject Was Roses", which won him his Pulitzer and which he adapted for the screen.
After being demobilized, Gilroy used the G.I. Bill to go to Ivy League Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Dartmouth gave him a financial grant that enabled him to attend the Yale School of Drama, after which he began a successful career writing dramas during the Golden Age of Television. In addition to writing for such prestigious omnibus programs like Studio One (1948), he also wrote for series television, including the Westerns The Rifleman (1958), "Wanted: Dead of Alive' (1958)_, _"The Rebel" (1960)_, and the contemporary detective series Burke's Law (1963).
He won an Obie for his 1962 off-Broadway play "Who'll Save the Plowboy?", another drama that had a WWII theme. He had a major success with his next play, "The Subject Was Roses", which opened in Broadway's Royal Theatre in May 1964 and ran for 832 performances, transferring to four other more prestigious theaters during its Broadway run. The play, which dealt with a son's reaction to the deteriorating marriage of his parents, was compared to Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) which might have influenced Gilroy.
In addition to the Pulitzer, Gilroy won a Tony as best author of a play. "The Subject of Roses won a total of three Tonies, including Best Play and Best Featured Actor in a Play (Jack Albertson) while director Ulu Grosbard and actor Martin Sheen would get Tony nominations. Gilroy, Grosbard, Albertson and Sheen would all be involved in the 1968 movie version (with Patricia Neal, who was nominated for an Academy Award, taking over for Irene Dailey), with Albertson winning a best Supporting Actor Oscar
Gilroy did not know it, but he had reached his professional peak with "Roses". His next four Broadway plays "That Summer - That Fall" (1967), "The Only Game in Town" (1968), "Last Licks" (1979), and "Any Given Day" (1993) were flops, all closing within two weeks. In addition to flopping on Broadway, director George Stevens's adaptation of The Only Game in Town (1970), for which Gilroy wrote the screenplay, was one of the most notorious bombs of the early 1970s. A big budget picture starring Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty (taking over for the more age-appropriate Frank Sinatra, who dropped out of the project), the picture was universally panned by critics and shunned by audiences. It ended Stevens legendary career on a low note and effectively terminated Taylor's movie super-star status.
Gilroy continued to work as a screenwriter for both movies and television. He wrote the Western novel From Noon Till Three (1976), which he adapted and directed for the screen as a vehicle for Charles Bronson. He also wrote and directed the TV movie The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975) which was the pilot for the short-lived TV series Gibbsville (1976). Adapted from short stories by Jack O'Hara, the series was critically acclaimed but a ratings failure, canceled after seven episodes. Gilroy had no input into the series.
Frank Gilroy has three sons from his marriage to sculptor/writer Ruth Dorothy Gaydos, screenwriters Dan Gilroy and Tony Gilroy and Dfilm editor John Gilroy. His daughter-in-law is actress Rene Russo, who is married to his son Dan.- Actor
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David Powledge was born on 21 October 1947 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Rat Race (2001), The Green Hornet (2011) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). He died on 12 September 2015 in Pasadena, Texas, USA.- Edda Köchl was born on 28 February 1942 in Vienna, Nazi Germany [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Alice in the Cities (1974), The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972) and Dark Spring (1970). She was married to Wim Wenders and Kasper König. She died on 12 September 2015 in Berlin, Germany.
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Maciek Malish was born on 7 January 1962 in Gliwice, Slaskie, Poland. He is known for Lost (2004), Starship Troopers (1997) and You're Next (2011). He died on 12 September 2015 in Moorpark, California, USA.- Actress
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Lorraine Mazzola was born on 23 July 1963 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Harold (2008), It Had to Be You (2000) and Kiss Me Again (2006). She was married to Jeff Mazzola. She died on 12 September 2015.- Heinz W. Krückeberg was born on 14 March 1927 in Dortmund, Germany. He was an actor, known for 2030 - Aufstand der Alten (2007), Der große Bellheim (1993) and Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht (2003). He died on 12 September 2015 in Elze, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Peter Elliott was born on 12 May 1935 in Chatham, Kent, England, UK. He is known for The Showbiz Set (2002), The Best of the Royal Variety (2006) and Heroes of Comedy (1995). He was married to Billie Anthony. He died on 12 September 2015.- Producer
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William Becker was born on 23 May 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and executive, known for Sophia Loren on 'A Special Day' (2015). He was married to Patricia Birch. He died on 12 September 2015 in Southampton, New York, USA.- Vittoria Piancastelli was born on 16 July 1962 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Valeria medico legale (2000), Don Matteo (2000) and La cena (1998). She died on 12 September 2015 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Bryn Merrick died on 12 September 2015 in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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Marta Kobierska was born in 1932 in Koniuchy, Poleskie, Poland [now Belarus]. She was a costume designer and set decorator, known for The Quack (1982), Drzwi w murze (1974) and Naprawde wczoraj (1963). She died on 12 September 2015 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Director
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Melvin Bernhardt was born on 26 February 1931 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for One Life to Live (1968), Another World (1964) and All My Children (1970). He was married to Jeff Woodman. He died on 12 September 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Piotr Cieslak was born on 1 November 1948 in Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Pokój z widokiem na morze (1978), Man of Marble (1977) and Kung-fu (1979). He was married to Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak. He died on 12 September 2015 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 25th 1939 In 1958 he graduated with a degree in chemistry from City College of New York 1959 he studied at the Sorbonne. By 1962, he had obtained a graduate degree in biochemistry 1965, At Cornell Medical Center, he supervised a staff synthesizing metabolic steroids Beauvoir joined an engineering company that had him set up shop in North Jersey, then a digital equipment(DEC)company in Massachusetts. His interest in steroids brought him back to Haiti in January 1973 to experiment with hydrocortisone synthesized from plants. From 1974 until 1994, Beauvoir was one of the most respected voodoo priests on the island, enjoying celebrity, power, and great esteem. Beauvoir is a Western- educated biochemist who has a hecogenin US patent in 1979 When Harvard anthropologist Wade Davis came to Haiti in 1982 to research what would become his acclaimed book on Haiti, voodoo, and zombies. The Serpent and the Rainbow it was Beauvoir to whom he turned for help.