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- Kitty Menendez was born to a middle-class family in suburban Chicago, where her father owned an air-conditioning business. Her home life was very unhappy, with a cruel, abusive father and a despondent, battered mother. While Kitty was still a child her father abandoned the family to move in with a mistress. Embittered, she turned into a moody and depressed child and had few friends. Eventually she cut off all contact with her father, whom she came to despise. She attended college at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. There she met her future husband, Jose Menendez, whom she married in 1964. Both of their families were opposed to the marriage, his because her parents were divorced, hers because of Jose's Cuban heritage. In their early married life she was an elementary school teacher, but after giving birth to her children, Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez, she became a full-time homemaker. As her husband climbed up the corporate ladder, their life looked idyllic on the surface. Intelligent, attractive, charming in public, she appeared to be the ideal wife and mother. However, those who came to know her described her as a high-strung woman who had great difficulty coping with stress, and her husband's repeated extramarital affairs drove her to despair. She coped with her problems by consuming increasing amounts of alcohol and prescription pills and some of her friends feared she had become dependent on them.. In 1987 she attempted suicide, ingesting a bottle of sleeping pills. She recovered, but she and Jose continued to have marital problems, and their relationships with their sons became increasingly strained. On August 20, 1989, she and her husband were shot to death in their living room while watching television together. The killers were their sons.
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
H.B. Halicki was born on 18 October 1940 in Dunkirk, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), Deadline Auto Theft (1983) and The Junkman (1982). He was married to Denice Shakarian Halicki. He died on 20 August 1989 in Tonawanda, New York, USA.- Production Designer
- Production Manager
Jose Menendez was born to a prosperous family in Havana, Cuba. His father was a well-known soccer player who owned his own accounting firm. His mother was a swimmer who had been elected to Cuba's sports hall of fame. Although the family was not among the elite, Jose's parents were celebrity athletes and he and his two sisters wanted for nothing. But in 1959, this seemingly idyllic life was uprooted. Fidel Castro overthrew the ruling government and seized the property of the wealthy and upper-middle class. In 1960, a 16 year-old Jose left the country to live in the United States, flying with his sister's fiancé. In high school, he was a high achiever and won an athletic scholarship, but could not afford to attend an Ivy League college. While attending Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he met his future wife, Mary Louise Anderson, nicknamed Kitty to those who knew her. They married in 1964. After graduating, he passed the CPA exam and he became a successful businessman. In all of his workplaces, he was credited with being an highly intelligent and diligent, but was widely disliked as arrogant and rude to co-workers and abrasive to subordinates. He became the father of two sons, Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez, and was a stern and demanding father. He was also an unfaithful husband, with a string of mistresses. His family moved to southern California and he became an executive for RCA, and became acquainted with a number of show business celebrities. But he was experiencing marital problems and his relationship with both sons was deteriorating. In 1989, while he and his wife were watching television, they were shot to death by their sons.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Trained as an electrical engineer, Joseph LaShelle entered the film industry as a lab assistant with Paramount in 1920 in order to finance entry to Stanford University. Having worked his way up to superintendent of the Paramount printing room after three years, he decided to stay on. By 1925, he was being mentored by the veteran cinematographer Charles G. Clarke under whose auspices he gained valuable experience behind the camera. Subsequently, LaShelle worked as camera operator for Metropolitan Studios, Pathe and Fox in the 1930s, often in collaboration with Arthur C. Miller. In the wake of a decade-long apprenticeship, he was promoted to full director of photography in 1943, from there on gaining a reputation as one of Hollywood's foremost stylists. His chief talent lay in his ability to employ lighting, decor, close-ups and clever camera angles to convey a grainy realistic, natural look, especially vital to the ambience of films noirs.
Another aspect of LaShelle's artistry lay in suggesting a bigger budget than was sometimes in play. This was notably the case with Laura (1944), for which he won his only Oscar. Virtually every scene takes place indoors, without significant exterior footage beyond a few basic studio shots. In the absence of streets and traffic, LaShelle nonetheless succeeded in creating a believable Park Avenue jet-set, replete with elegant apartments and swank restaurants. He did much of his best work under contract at 20th Century Fox (1943-1954) and for expert directors like Martin Ritt (The Long, Hot Summer (1958)), Otto Preminger ("Laura", Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) and Billy Wilder (The Apartment (1960), The Fortune Cookie (1966)). He retired in 1969 and died of natural causes twenty years later, aged 89.- Jeremy Mason was born on 9 March 1943 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971), United! (1965) and Spyder's Web (1972). He was married to Carolyn Jones. He died on 20 August 1989 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK.
- Erling Dalsborg was born on 22 January 1925 in Denmark. He was an actor, known for Rejseholdet (1983), Klabautermannen (1969) and Det lille hotel (1958). He died on 20 August 1989 in Denmark.
- Actor
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
George Adamson was born on 3 February 1906 in Dholpur, India. He was an actor and writer, known for To Walk with Lions (1999), Born Free (1966) and An Elephant Called Slowly (1970). He was married to Joy Adamson. He died on 20 August 1989 in Kora, Kenya.- Art Director
- Actor
Born Satyendranath Basu Roy Chaudhury, son of Nepal Chandra Basu Roy Chaudhury, in the year 1906, at B K Roy Road,Beniakhamar, Khulna town, Bengal (now Bangladesh), was the youngest son of the zamindar family. At childhood his father noticed his interest in drawing and encouraged him in the field of art. After schooling at B K Institution, Khulna, named after his grand father Baroda Kanto, he went to Calcutta to study art at Indian Art College, Dharmatala Street. During his early years he got the blessings of Nandalal Bose, the famous artist and was also influenced by the works of Jamini Roy and Picasso. He spent some time in Allahabad and later opened up his Art Studio in Bhowanipur. He came into films in early '40s and was the artist of animation film 'Jalpari'. He joined the film world as Art Director and has around 150 films to his credit as Art Director. In the '50-60s he was the Art Director of many Uttam-Suchitra hits. He received Bengal Film Journalist's (BFJA) Award several times.- Henry Brock was born on 26 February 1901 in Alameda, California, USA. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Gunsmoke (1955) and Rooftop Rendezvous (1948). He died on 20 August 1989 in Canoga Park, California, USA.
- Savva Dangulov was born on 24 January 1912 in Armavir, Kuban Oblast, Russian Empire [now Krasnodar Krai, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Na odnoy planete (1966) and Priznaniye (1976). He died on 20 August 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Edmundo Mendoza was born on 22 January 1931 in Juarez, chihuahua, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La juventud se impone (1964), Vestidas y alborotadas (1968) and The Crazy World of the Young (1967). He died on 20 August 1989 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.