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Ulzana – German title
Geraldine Chaplin was born on July 31, 1944 in Santa
Monica, California. The eldest daughter from Charles Chaplin's marriage to Oona
O'Neill, the daughter of famed playwright Eugene O'Neill, she spent her first
eight years in Hollywood, but then moved with her family to Switzerland when
her father was persecuted by the U.S. government for his political beliefs. In
her new home, Ms. Chaplin attended private schools and was trained in classical
ballet at the Royal Ballet School in London with the English Royal Ballet. She
made her film debut in the elder Chaplin's “Limelight” (1952) as a dancer. She
also played a small role in her father's last film, “Countess From Hong Kong”
(1964). She had her first major adult role in 1965 playing Omar Shariff's wife,
Tonya, in “Doctor Zhivago” (1965). Much of the film was shot in Spain and it
was there that Chaplin began a long romance with director Carlos Saura, who
featured her in several films. She has subsequently worked with some of
Europe's finest directors. She has also worked with American directors, most
notably Robert Altman, who first utilized her in “Nashville” (1975) as the
chatty, shallow BBC reporter Opal. In addition to her busy film career, Chaplin
also appeared on-stage and in television miniseries such as ‘Gulliver's Travels’
(1996) and ‘The Odyssey’ (1997). Though she has often played leads, the
diminutive, willowy, and offbeat beauty with the haunting blue eyes claims she
is more comfortable in character roles. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Donald Patrick Murray was born on July 31, 1929 in
Hollywood, California. Don was the only child of Dennis Aloisius, a Broadway
dance director and stage manager, and Ethel Murray, a former Ziegfeld
performer. He attended East Rockaway High School in East Rockaway, New York
where he played football and was on the track team. Upon graduation from high
school, he went on to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After
graduating, he soon made his Broadway debut in the 1951 play “The Rose Tattoo”,
as Jake Hunter. After taking a three-year break from acting, in order to assist
orphans and war casualties during the Korean War, he returned to America in
1954 and resumed acting, by appearing alongside Mary Martin in the 1955 stage
version of “The Skin of Our Teeth”. Upon seeing his performance in the play,
director Joshua Logan decided to cast him in 20th Century Fox's film version of
“Bus Stop”. His performance as the innocent cowboy who is determined to get Cherie
was well received, and he was nominated for a BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer
and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Prolific TV Producer Robert Halmi Sr. Dies at 90. Robert
Halmi Sr., the Hungarian-born producer who battled the Nazi and Soviet
occupations in his youth before becoming a top magazine photographer and
telepic mogul, died Wednesday of a brain aneurysm at his home in New York City.
He was 90. With his son, Robert Halmi Jr., Halmi produced more than 200 TV
productions, including hit 1990s miniseries including “Gulliver’s Travels,”
“The Odyssey,” “Arabian Nights”, “Dinotopia”, westerns “King of Texas”, “The
Colt” and the Euro-SciFi-western “High Plains Invaders” in 2005. 
Umberto
D’Orsi was born on July 30, 1929 in Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. He
graduated the university with a degree in law in 1953, but was already active
in show business after at least three years of training as part of an amateur
drama group and as well as an organizer of the university theater center.
Vittorio Gassman offered him a part in his “Richard III” and from that moment
his acting career took off.
Mario Bava was born
on July 30, 1914 in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy. His father, Eugenio Bava
[1886-1966], was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film
industry. Bava was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his
father into film photography his artistic background led him to a strong belief
in the importance of visual composition in filmmaking.
El precio de un hombre – Spanish title
Bruno
Scipioni was born on July 29, 1934 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. After graduating as
an accountant he attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography. He began his film career with “Kapò”
(1959) and he was most active during the 1960s, usually being cast as a
character actor. During this time he appeared in eight Euro-westerns from “The
Terrible Sheriff” in 1962 to “The Handsome, the Ugly and the Stupid” in 1967.
He also appeared in such westerns as “Renegade Gunfighter” (1965) and “Ringo
and His Golden Pistol” (1966). He was
also active on stage, television series, commercials and as voice actor. He is
the father of voice actor Carlo Scipioni. He became well known for his
portrayal of the bartender in the Italian Crodino commercials. He’s best
remembered for his film work for his appearances in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film
“The Red Desert” in 1964 and as Balthazar in Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and
Juliet” in 1968. 
James Shigeta, a star Asian-American actor of the early
1960s and 'Die Hard' Co-Star, died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 85.
He starred “In Flower Drum Song” (1961). Born in Honolulu of Japanese ancestry
on June 17, 1929, Shigeta moved to New York and studied at New York University,
then joined the U.S. Marine Corps and fought during the Korean War. He starred
in “Flower Drum Song” (1961) with Nancy Kwan. He played Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
in 1988’s “Die Hard” with Bruce Willis. Shigeta co-starred with Thomas Hunter and
Nadir Moretti in his only Euro-western: “Death Walks in Laredo” (1966).
Manuel Rafael Hernández Montoya was born on July 28, 1959
in Los Albaricoques, Nijar, Andalusia, Spain. Manuel grew up in Los
Albaricoques and was a small boy when Sergio Leone and his crew came to town to
film “Fistful of Dollars” and “For a Few Dollars More”. His mother, aunt and
cousin were used as extras in the films. In “For a Few Dollars More” the town
had recently held a funeral for one of the citizens and the women were still
shrouded in black dress which was perfect for Sergio as inhabitants of his
fictional Agua Caliente where the townspeople didn’t like visitors. Manuel
himself would later play a young soldier in “El Condor” (1969). 
Heriberto
Pastor Serrador was born on July 27, 1919 in Camagüey, Cuba. Grandson of actor Esteban
Serrador [1903-1978] and Josefina Marí, nephew of Pepita Serrador [1913-1964]
and therefore cousin of director Narciso Ibáñez Serrador [1935- ], Pastor spent
his childhood in Argentina, where he began his acting career on the radio. He
debuted on stage in 1935 and in 1938 married the Argentina actress Amalia
Britos. 
Sie nannten ihn Gringo 
The Poker Game – English title
Eric
Judor was born on July 25, 1969 in Paris, France. Judor is internationally
known for his comedy duo Éric and Ramzy with Ramzy Bédia [1972- ]. Judor's
father was from Guadeloupe and his mother from Austria. After being a tour
guide in the United States for two years and then in Canada, he worked as a
computer programmer at Bouygues. 
Lynne Maria
Frederick was born on July 25, 1954 in Hillingdon, England. Frederick was the daughter of Andrew and Iris (Sullivan)
Frederick. Her mother became a casting director for Thames Television. Lynne's
parents separated when she was two, and she was brought up by her mother and
her grandmother, Cecilia, at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
Edward
Fleming was born Flemming Møller on July 25, 1924 in Farum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fleming was a Danish actor and film director. His acting career started in the
theater at the New Theatre in Summer in Tyrol, and he also enjoyed dancing
exposures in Paris. 
Woodrow
Wilson Woolvine Strode was born on July 25, 1914 in Los Angeles, California.
Strode attended Jefferson High School in East Los Angeles and college at UCLA. Strode
posed for a nude portrait, part of Hubert Stowitts's acclaimed exhibition of
athletic portraits shown at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
On Saturday August 2, 2014 at 2:00p.m. Dark Delicacies
will hold a signing for actor/author Brett Halsey and actress/producer Arianne
Ulmer Cipes.
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