Personen: Berühmte Personen aus dem Jahr 1929

Personen im zeitlichen Kontext: 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade. This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General) case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph Stalin expelled Leon Trotsky and adopted a policy of collectivization. The Grand Trunk Express began service in India. Rioting between Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem over access to th... ()

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James Hong(95)

Schauspieler | Minneapolis, Minnesota (US)

James Hong (chinesisch 吳漢章 / 吴汉章, Pinyin Wú Hànzhāng, Jyutping Ng4 Hon3zoeng1, * 22. Februar 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) ist ein US-amerikanischer Filmschauspieler, Filmproduzent, Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Synchronsprecher. Sein filmisches Schaffen umfasst über 450 Film- und Fernsehproduktionen seit 1954.

Bekannt aus: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Big Trouble in Little China, Kung Fu Panda 2, R.I.P.D.

* 22.02.1929

Jean Simmons(† 80)

Schauspielerin | Crouch Hill, London, England (GB)

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J. Arthur Rank's 'well-spoken young starlets' – followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.

Bekannt aus: Schwere Jungs - leichte Mädchen, Spartacus, Hamlet, Die Dornenvögel

* 31.01.1929

Kumari Rukmini(† 78)

Schauspielerin

Kumari Rukmini (Birth: 19 April 1929 Death: 04 September 2007) is an Indian cine actress and dancer. She has acted in about 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.She is the daughter of Nungambakkam Janaki, also an actress. She hails from Melattur in Thanjavur District. During the shooting of Harichandra in Bombay (now Mumbai) the producers were looking for a young actor to feature as Lohidasan. Kumari Rukmini, as a child, was staying with her parents in the next room where T. P. Rajalakshmi who was the female lead in the film, was staying. The producers talked to the parents and made Kumari Rukmini to feature as Lohidasan in the film. Thus began her film career.She featured in many films together with T. P. Rajalakshmi. Her first film as heroine was Sri Valli in which she acted as Valli paired with T. R. Mahalingam. In 1946 she featured in Lavangi paired with the multi-talented Y. V. Rao. While the shooting of this film was going on both she and Rao fell in love with each other and later got married. Cine actress Lakshmi is their daughter.

* 19.04.1929

Audrey Hepburn(† 63)

Schauspielerin | Ixelles (BE)

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.Born in Ixelles, Brussels, to an aristocratic family, Hepburn spent parts of her childhood in Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. She studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell in Amsterdam beginning in 1945, and with Marie Rambert in London from 1948. She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions and then had minor appearances in several films. She rose to stardom in the romantic comedy Roman Holiday (1953) alongside Gregory Peck, for which she was the first actress to win an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. That year, she also won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in Ondine.She went on to star in a number of successful films such as Sabrina (1954), in which Humphrey Bogart and William Holden compete for her affection; Funny Face (1957), a musical where she sang her own parts; the drama The Nun's Story (1959); the romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); the thriller-romance Charade (1963), opposite Cary Grant; and the musical My Fair Lady (1964). In 1967 she starred in the thriller Wait Until Dark, receiving Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. After that, she only occasionally appeared in films, one being Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery. Her last recorded performances were in the 1990 documentary television series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming.Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In recognition of her film career, she received BAFTA's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and the Special Tony Award. She remains one of only seventeen people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. Later in life, Hepburn devoted much of her time to UNICEF, to which she had contributed since 1954. Between 1988 and 1992, she worked in some of the poorest communities of Africa, South America, and Asia. In December 1992, she received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. A month later, she died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland, at the age of 63.

Bekannt aus: Frühstück bei Tiffany, Ein Herz und eine Krone, Charade, My Fair Lady

* 04.05.1929

Vera Miles(94)

Schauspielerin | Boise City, Oklahoma (US)

Vera June Miles (born August 23, 1929) is an American actress. Born in Boise City, Oklahoma, Vera Miles attended school in Pratt, Kansas and Wichita, Kansas. The patrician beauty of Miss Miles won her the title of "Miss Kansas" in 1948, leading soon to small roles in Hollywood films and television series. Fame came to the forthright, spirited Miles when she attracted the attention of two master directors, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford. Ford cast her in the classic western The Searchers (1956) and Hitchcock, who put her under personal contract and hailed her as his "new Grace Kelly", paired her with the great Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man (1956). Hitchcock cast Miles in the potentially star-making role of Judy Barton in Vertigo (1958), but Miles withdrew from the film when she became pregnant. Hitchcock gave Miles a supporting role in another masterpiece Psycho (1960), as did Ford when he cast her opposite John Wayne and James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), She also starred in such films as Beau James (1957) opposite Bob Hope, The FBI Story (1959) opposite Stewart, Back Street (1961) opposite Susan Hayward and John Gavin and Sergeant Ryker (1968) opposite Lee Marvin, as well as showing her consistently remarkable and versatile talent on dozens of popular television movies and series including The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Twilight Zone (1959), The Outer Limits (1963), The Fugitive (1963), My Three Sons (1960), Bonanza (1959), "Columbo" and Murder, She Wrote (1984). In 1983, she reprised her role as "Lila Crane" in the film sequel Psycho II (1983), starring Anthony Perkins. Although, too often, the stunningly beautiful Miles' gifts were underutilized, before her retirement in 1995, hers was a most intriguing and enduring Hollywood career.

Bekannt aus: Der Mann, der Liberty Valance erschoß, Psycho, Der schwarze Falke, Der falsche Mann

* 23.08.1929

Ed Asner(† 91)

Schauspieler | Kansas City, Missouri (US)

Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT.

Bekannt aus: Oben, Buddy - Der Weihnachtself, JFK - Tatort Dallas, Mary Tyler Moore

* 15.11.1929

Max von Sydow(† 90)

Schauspieler | Lund, Skåne län (SE)

Max von Sydow (10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French citizenship since 2002. He starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. He performed in films filmed in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, French and Spanish.Some of his most memorable film roles include knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (the first of his eleven films with Bergman and the film that includes the iconic shot of his career in the scene where he plays chess with Death), Jesus in George Stevens's The Greatest Story Ever Told, Father Merrin in Friedkin's The Exorcist, Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor, and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon.He was twice nominated for the Academy Award - Best Leading Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1988) and Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).

Bekannt aus: Flash Gordon, Das siebente Siegel, Extrem laut und unglaublich nah, Minority Report

* 10.04.1929

Bethel Leslie(† 70)

Schauspielerin | New York, New York (US)

Born in New York City in 1928, Bethel Leslie was a prolific stage, film and TV actress, active on and off Broadway from 1944 to 1999, and in film and television from 1949 to 1999. She was also an occasional screenwriter for television. Beside the stage, she worked mainly in television, in numerous TV series such as "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "Wagon Train" and "Gun Law".

Bekannt aus: Message in a Bottle, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Richard Boone Show, The Doctors

* 03.08.1929

Dick Clark(† 82)

Schauspieler | Mount Vernon, New York (US)

Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (* 30. November 1929 in Mount Vernon, New York; † 18. April 2012 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Moderator, der vor allem als jahrzehntelanger Gastgeber der Musikshow American Bandstand bekannt wurde. Mit dieser prägte er insbesondere die Rock-’n’-Roll-Szene der späten 1950er Jahre.

Bekannt aus: Geständnisse - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Spy Kids, Pyramid, ABC Afterschool Special

* 30.11.1929

Vic Morrow(† 53)

Schauspieler | The Bronx, New York City, New York (US)

Vic Morrow (eigentlich Victor Morozoff; * 14. Februar 1929 in New York City; † 23. Juli 1982 in Santa Clarita) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

Bekannt aus: Twilight Zone - Unheimliche Schattenlichter, The Riffs - Die Gewalt sind wir, Die Bären sind los, Combat!

* 14.02.1929

Grace Kelly(† 52)

Schauspielerin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US)

Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.Kelly was born into a prominent Catholic family in Philadelphia. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and television broadcasts. She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954). Other notable works include the western High Noon (1952), the romantic comedy High Society (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955).Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. The couple had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stéphanie. Her charity work focused on young children and the arts. In 1964, she established the Princess Grace Foundation to support local artisans. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. Grace's final film contribution was to the documentary The Children of Theatre Street (1977) directed by Robert Dornhelm, where she served as the narrator. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.Kelly died at the age of 52 at Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day. She is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the Princess Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance.

Bekannt aus: Bei Anruf Mord, Das Fenster zum Hof, Über den Dächern von Nizza, Ein Mädchen vom Lande

* 12.11.1929

Katherine Helmond(† 89)

Schauspielerin | Galveston, Texas (US)

Katherine Marie Helmond (* 5. Juli 1929 in Galveston, Texas; † 23. Februar 2019 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

Bekannt aus: Overboard – Ein Goldfisch fällt ins Wasser, Brazil, Soap oder trautes Heim, Wer ist hier der Boss?

* 05.07.1929

Amanda Blake(† 60)

Schauspielerin | Buffalo, New York (US)

Amanda Blake, eigentlich Beverly Louise Neill (* 20. Februar 1929 in Buffalo, New York; † 16. August 1989 in Sacramento, Kalifornien), war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

Bekannt aus: Miss Robin Crusoe, Rauchende Colts: Auf Leben und Tod, Die Tochter des Kalifen, Rauchende Colts

* 20.02.1929

Christopher Plummer(† 91)

Schauspieler | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 - February 5, 2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, and notable film performances include The Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Insider. In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries The Thorn Birds.In the 21st century, his film roles include The Insider as Mike Wallace, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, the Disney–Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as '1', The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger, and Beginners as Hal.Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest actor and person ever to win an Academy Award.On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".

Bekannt aus: Beginners, Insider, Remember - Vergiss nicht, dich zu erinnern, Alles Geld der Welt

* 13.12.1929

June Squibb(94)

Schauspielerin | Vandalia, Illinois (US)

Squibb began working in musical theatre at the St. Louis Muny and trained at the Cleveland Play House, and at the HB Studio. While at the Cleveland Play House, she performed in productions of Marseilles, The Play's the Thing, Goodbye, My Fancy, The Heiress, Detective Story, Antigone, Ladies in Retirement and Bloomer Girl. In 1958, she played Dulcie in The Boyfriend Off-Broadway. In 1959, she starred in an Off-Broadway revival of Lend an Ear with Elizabeth Allen. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of Gypsy starring Ethel Merman, taking over the role of stripper Electra in 1960. Squibb appeared in The Happy Time, which opened in 1968 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. In-between these periods, she did modelling work for romance novels and appeared in commercials. In 1995, she appeared in the play Sacrilege on Broadway, which starred Ellen Burstyn. Squibb played many roles in national tours, regional theatre, summer stock and off-Broadway. In 2012, she played Stella Gordon in Dividing the Estate at the Dallas Theater Center in which she received standout reviews. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Alexander Payne's film Nebraska. In 2015, she was inducted into the Cleveland Play House Hall of Fame. Squibb will appear in the Disney+ film Godmothered.

Bekannt aus: Nebraska, In & Out - Rosa wie die Liebe, About Schmidt, Hubie Halloween

* 06.11.1929

Michael Forest(95)

Schauspieler | Harvey, North Dakota (US)

Michael Forest is an American stage, film, television and voice over actor. He holds a BA in English and Drama from San Jose State University, California, USA.

Bekannt aus: Ninja Scroll, Cast Away - Verschollen, Mohammed - Der Gesandte Gottes, King Kong lebt, The Big O

* 17.04.1929

Bob Newhart(94)

Schauspieler | Oak Park, Illinois (US)

George Robert "Bob" Newhart (* 5. September 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Stand-up-Comedian.

Bekannt aus: Bernard & Bianca - Die Mäusepolizei, Buddy - Der Weihnachtself, In & Out - Rosa wie die Liebe, Newhart

* 05.09.1929

John Milford(† 70)

Schauspieler | Johnstown, New York (US)

John Milford (September 7, 1927 - August 14, 2000) was an American actor in theatre, television, and films, playing scores of roles, often as a western villain. He was estimated to have had about 500 appearances in TV roles. Born in Johnstown, New York, Milford studied civil engineering at Union College but chose to pursue his first love, acting. He worked for some years with Los Angeles' Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works.Throughout his career Milford continued to work in the theater. He founded the Chamber Theater at 3759 Cahuenga Blvd, pioneering Equity Waiver productions in Los Angeles, and helped launch the careers of actors such as Richard Chamberlain and Vic Morrow.Milford's Los Angeles Times obituary credits him with using his engineering background to help create the original design for the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.(Source: Wikipedia)

Bekannt aus: Ein Mordsteam, Homefront, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Legend of Jesse James

* 07.09.1929

Jerry Adler(95)

Schauspieler | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Jerry Adler (* 4. Februar 1929 in Brooklyn, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Theaterdirektor und -regisseur sowie Fernseh- und Filmschauspieler.

Bekannt aus: Manhattan Murder Mystery, In den Schuhen meiner Schwester, Couchgeflüster, A Most Violent Year

* 04.02.1929

Bud Spencer(† 86)

Schauspieler | Napoli, Campania (IT)

Bud Spencer was an Italianactor, filmmaker and a former professional swimmer. He was known for past roles in action-comedyfilms together with his long-time film partner Terence Hill. Growing from a successful swimmer in his youth, he got a degree in law, and has registered several patents. Bud also became a certified commercial airline and helicopter pilot, Bud Spencer also supported and funded many children's charities, including the Spencer Scholarship Fund.Bud Spencer and Terence Hill both appeared, produced and directed over 20 films together and thus became and remain best friends until he passed away.

Bekannt aus: Zwei wie Pech und Schwefel, Die Rechte und die Linke Hand des Teufels, Sie nannten ihn Mücke, Vier Fäuste für ein Halleluja

* 31.10.1929

George Coe(† 86)

Schauspieler | Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York (US)

George Coe (May 10, 1929 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. He was a cast member for the first season of Saturday Night Live and voiced the character of Woodhouse in Archer.

Bekannt aus: Transformers 3, Kramer gegen Kramer, Die Frauen von Stepford, Remo - Unbewaffnet und gefährlich

* 10.05.1929

Saeed Jaffrey(† 86)

Schauspieler | Maler Kotla, Punjab (IN)

Saeed Jaffrey (* 8. Januar 1929 in Malerkotla, Punjab; † 15. November 2015 in London, England) war ein britischer Schauspieler indischer Herkunft. Er wirkte in zahlreichen Filmproduktionen des britischen wie auch des indischen Kinos mit.

Bekannt aus: Der Mann, der König sein wollte, Mein wunderbarer Waschsalon, Reise nach Indien, Gandhi

* 08.01.1929

Richard Dysart(† 86)

Schauspieler | Boston, Massachusetts (US)

Richard Allen Dysart (* 30. März 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 5. April 2015 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Fernsehschauspieler. Er wirkte in der Fernsehserie L.A. Law – Staranwälte, Tricks, Prozesse mit, die von 1986 bis 1994 ausgestrahlt wurde.

Bekannt aus: Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt, Willkommen, Mr. Chance, Wall Street, L.A. Law

* 30.03.1929

Rebecca Schull(95)

Schauspielerin | New York City, New York (US)

Rebecca Anna Schull (née Wattenberg) is an American stage, film, and television actress, best known for her role as Fay Cochran in the NBC sitcom Wings (1990–1997).

Bekannt aus: Flug 93, Verbrechen und andere Kleinigkeiten, Little Children, Wings – Die Überflieger

* 22.02.1929

Bonnie Bartlett(94)

Schauspielerin | Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (US)

Bonnie Bartlett (born June 20, 1929) is an American actress.

Bekannt aus: V The Original Miniseries, Twins - Zwillinge, Die Grasharfe, Chefarzt Dr. Westphall

* 20.06.1929

Jonathan Haze(95)

Schauspieler | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US)

Jonathan Haze (* 1. April 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

Bekannt aus: Kleiner Laden voller Schrecken, Nachtratten, Gesandter des Grauens, It Conquered the World

* 01.04.1929

John Cassavetes(† 59)

Schauspieler | New York City, New York (US)

John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century."As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature Shadows and followed with independent productions such as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984), in addition to intermittent studio work.Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel.For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).Description from the Wikipedia article John Cassavetes, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Bekannt aus: Rosemaries Baby, Love Streams, Eine Frau unter Einfluß, Opening Night

* 09.12.1929

Don Murray(† 94)

Schauspieler | Hollywood, California (US)

Donald Patrick "Don" Murray (born July 31, 1929) is an American actor.Murray was born in Hollywood, California. He attended East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, New York where he played football and track, was a member of the student government and glee club and joined the Alpha Phi Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. From high school he went on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.Murray had a long and varied career in films and television, including his role as Sid Fairgate in the long-running prime-time soap opera Knots Landing from 1979 to 1981. He was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor in Bus Stop (1956) in which he co-starred with Marilyn Monroe.He starred as a blackmailed United States senator in Advise & Consent (1961), a film version of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury that was directed by Otto Preminger and cast Murray opposite Henry Fonda and Charles Laughton. He also co-starred with Steve McQueen in the film Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) and played the ape-hating Governor Breck in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).In addition to acting, Murray directed a film based on the book The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) starring Pat Boone and Erik Estrada, and he scripted two episodes of Knots Landing ("Hitchhike" parts 1 & 2) in 1980.Murray starred with Otis Young in the ground breaking ABC western television series The Outcasts (1968-69) featuring an interracial bounty hunter team in the post-Civil War West.Murray decided to leave Knots Landing after two years to concentrate on other projects, although some sources say he left over a salary dispute. The character's death was notable at the time because it was considered rare to "kill off" a star character. The death came in the second episode of season three, following up on season two's cliffhanger in which Sid's car careered off a cliff. To make viewers off doubt the character would actually die, Murray was listed in the newly created credit sequence for season three; the character survived the plunge off the cliff (thus temporarily reassuring viewers), but died shortly afterwards in hospital.Although he effectively distanced himself from the series after his exit in 1981, Murray later contributed an interview segment for Knots Landing: Together Again, a non-fiction reunion special made in 2005.Murray was the first husband of actress Hope Lange. They had two children, including actor Christopher Murray.

Bekannt aus: Bus Stop, Eroberung vom Planet der Affen, Peggy Sue hat geheiratet, Unter der Sonne Kaliforniens

* 31.07.1929

Jane Powell(† 92)

Schauspielerin | Portland, Oregon (US)

Jane Powell was singing and dancing at an early age. She sang on the radio and performed in theaters before her screen debut in 1944. Through the 1940s and 1950s, she had a successful career in movie musicals. However, in 1957, her career in films ended, as she had outgrown her innocent girl-next-door image. She has made brief returns to acting in front of the camera -- on television, in commercials, and in a workout video. She has had a variety of roles on stage since the end of her movie career, including the musicals "South Pacific," "The Sound of Music," "Oklahoma!," "My Fair Lady," "Carousel," and a one-woman show "The Girl Next Door and How She Grew," from which she took the title of her 1988 autobiography.From the 1980s to the 2010s, Powell lived with her fifth husband, former child star Dickie Moore, in New York City and Connecticut, active in television and theater through the 2000s. Moore passed away in 2015 and Powell moved full-time to Wilton, Connecticut after that. Jane Powell passed away on September 16, 2021, of natural causes, at the age of 92.Despite the same last name she is not related to actors William Powell, Dick Powell, or Eleanor Powell.

Bekannt aus: Eine Braut für sieben Brüder, Wirbel um Judy, Liebe an Bord, Einmal eine Dame sein