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- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Cindy Williams was born Cynthia Jane Williams in Van Nuys, California on August 22, 1947. The Leo was 5'4" and, during her first years on Laverne & Shirley (1976), weighed a dainty 105 lbs. The brown haired, blue-eyed female was born the daughter of Francesca Bellini and Beachard Williams. Her father was an electronic technician, and Cindy grew up in reduced circumstances. She had one sister, Carol Ann Williams, and an older half-brother, Jim from her mother's first marriage.
As a child, she dreamed of being an actress. She used to create and perform her own plays and, as she grew, she wished that one day, Debbie Reynolds would see her in one of those amateur shows and whisk her away and put her in a film. Another thing that brought show business into her life was her alcoholic father's imitations of comics like Jackie Gleason and Milton Berle. She worked as a waitress, while she auditioned for commercials, television guest spots, and feature films. Her first step to fame was a movie in which she tap danced with Gene Kelly. She stepped on Kelly's foot, leaving her "really embarrassed". She landed important film roles early in her career.
Famed director George Cukor cast her in Travels with My Aunt (1972). Her next big role was for George Lucas in American Graffiti (1973), as Ron Howard's girlfriend, for which she earned a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actress. That led to Francis Ford Coppola casting her in The Conversation (1974). The three instant-classic films should have propelled her into movie stardom, but her career inexplicably hit a lull. She couldn't go back to working as a waitress, because she was too well-known.
She was set up in a writing team with Penny Marshall and the girls were called by Penny's brother, Garry Marshall, to do a stint as two fast girls on Happy Days (1974). The public received them so warmly that Cindy and Penny soon got their own show and was referred to everywhere as "Shirley Feeney".
She earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in 1978. She left the show in 1982, pregnant with daughter Emily. She was married to Bill Hudson, who had previously been married to actress Goldie Hawn. Williams later gave birth to a son, Zachary, in 1986. She went on to make a few movies and co-produced "The Father Of The Bride" movies with Hudson. They divorced in 2000.
She did Jenny Craig commercials and acted on guest spots on the TV show For Your Love (1998) and reunited with Penny Marshall several times on television. In 2015, her memoir, Shirley, I Jest! (co-written with Dave Smitherman), was published.
Cindy Williams died, aged 75, following a brief, undisclosed illness, in 2023.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Claudio Da Passano was born on 12 May 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Argentina, 1985 (2022), Chiquititas (1995) and Un hijo genial (2003). He was married to Andrea Tenuta. He died on 25 January 2023 in Argentina.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Producer Lary Simpson graduated from the University of Oregon and began his career in Hollywood as a studio attorney for Tri-Star pictures. He later moved on to a high-profile entertainment law firm handling film producers, writers, actors and directors. In 1995 Lary left the law firm to co-produce pictures with his brother, Don Simpson, of the legendary Simpson/Bruckheimer team. When Don passed away a year later, Lary formed his own company to carry on the legacy of his brother's creative endeavors and introduce his personal cinematic visions. Lary Simpson Productions is a film production company with a dynamic slate of projects that range from big-budget commercial pictures to smaller, more character driven independents. Established when Simpson/Bruckheimer Films (Flashdance, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, The Rock) reorganized in 1996, LSP continues to be involved on select projects with Jerry Bruckheimer Films such as Enemy of the State in 1998 and the upcoming Bad Company (2002), starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock. Over the past five years, in addition to the Simpson/Bruckheimer pictures, the company has carefully assembled a unique array of projects that are currently in active development. Some of these projects include a witty period piece called Bad Boys of Drury Lane, based on award-winning playwright David Grimm's stage play and JackAJack, an animated musical inspired by a Martin Amis short story. The LSP slate rounds out with Mercy a psychological thriller; a CIA action piece set in Hong Kong; The Theory of Everything, an emotional story involving a fugitive father and the lengths he would go for his young son; ZNA, a reality based biotech thriller; The Girl Next Door, a dark coming of age comedy; Wages of Sin, a summer action movie and Blinded by The Light, a romantic comedy.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Bobby McGee was born on 24 April 1981 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an assistant director, known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and A Cure for Wellness (2016). He died on 25 January 2023 in Berlin, Germany.- Arnold Warda was born on 18 January 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Quincy M.E. (1976) and Whiz Kids (1983). He was married to Barbara Anderson. He died on 25 January 2023 in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Noah Cowan was born on 22 July 1967 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Lucky Ones (2003), Benjamin Smoke (2000) and Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015). He was married to John O'Rourke. He died on 25 January 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ann-Marie Kyrath was born on 18 January 2006 in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She died on 25 January 2023 in Train RE70 Kiel -> Hamburg, near Brokstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Make-Up Department
Muriel Baurens was born on 15 August 1950 in Paris, France. She is known for The Visitors (1993), Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999) and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002). She died on 25 January 2023 in Paris, France.- Transportation Department
Patrick Coughlan is known for Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) and Adventureland (2009). Patrick was married to Joni Puniak. Patrick died on 25 January 2023 in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, USA.- Zhanna Tugay is a Soviet and Ukrainian actress, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.
She was born in Shpola, Kiev region. Graduated from the Kiev Theater Institute. In 1958-1959 Zhanna worked at the Lvov Theater for Young Spectators (now the First Ukrainian Theater for Children and Youth). In 1959-1965 and since 1967 she worked at the Lvov Theater of the Soviet Army (now the Lvov Academic Drama Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka).
Zhanna Tugay acted in films in the 1970s and 1980s. She performed roles in the films Pod sozvezdiem bliznetsov (1979), Ot Buga do Visly (1981) and Karmelyuk (1985). - Additional Crew
- Writer
Roger Louret was born on 20 May 1950 in Coulx, Lot-et-Garonne, France. He was a writer, known for Élie Semoun à l'Olympia (2002), Élie Semoun se prend pour qui? (2006) and Élie Semoun: Merki (2009). He died on 25 January 2023 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Lot-et-Garonne, France.- Hermann Breuer is known for Tach Herr Dokter - Der Heinz Becker Film (1999) and Louie Bellson and His Big Band (2003). He died on 25 January 2023 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Danny Preuß was born on 8 September 2003 in Brokstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He died on 25 January 2023 in Train RE70 Kiel -> Hamburg, near Brokstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Jens Tschebull was born on 13 December 1930 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria. He died on 25 January 2023 in Austria.