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Detroit-born James Leo Herlihy went into the Navy straight from high school in 1945, but the war ended before he got to see any combat. After his discharge, he attended North Carolina's Black Mountain College--a small, experimental institution with an emphasis on art, music and literature and with such figures as Willem de Kooning and John Cage on its faculty--on the GI Bill, and it was there he became friends with such authors as Anaïs Nin. Upon leaving the college he moved to Pasadana, CA, in 1948, where he attended the famed Pasadena Playhouse College for the next two years. He performed in about 50 plays all up and down the West Coast for the next several years, and eventually moved to Boston, MA, becoming a member of the Theater Company of Boston.
He wrote for various television shows throughout the mid-'50s, and in 1958 his play "Blue Denim" enjoyed a successful run on Broadway and was made in a film the next year (Blue Denim (1959)). His novel "All Fall Down" was made into a movie in 1962 (All Fall Down (1962)), but it wasn't until 1968 that his best known novel--published in 1965--became one of the biggest film hits in history--Midnight Cowboy (1969), the story of a young and naive Texan who comes to New York dreaming of becoming a gigolo to rich society women but becomes entangled with one of Times Square's scuzziest denizens. The controversial film--excoriated by many conservative social and religious groups for its depiction of the title character as a male prostitute--was the first X-rated movie to win an Academy Award.
Although "Midnight Cowboy" sealed his fame as an author, he only turned out two more books in his career, a short story collection called "A Story That Ends in a Scream" in 1967 and a novel about teenage runaways, "The Season of the Witch", in 1971. He concentrated on teaching, giving classes in playwriting at New York's City College, and was appointed a visiting professor at the University of Arkansas' Fayetteville campus in 1983. He also taught classes in acting and writing at Colorado College and the University of Southern California.
He committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills at his home in Los Angeles on October 21, 1993.- Charlotte Lawrence was born Charlotte Sorkin on April 22, 1921, in Los Angeles, CA. She attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, CA where she was active in Theater. She moved to New York in the early 1940's to pursue a career in Radio. She had a lucrative career as a radio actress, but left NY to return home to take care of her mother. In the mid 1950's she appeared in several I Love Lucy episodes and countless TV shows as a character actress. In the mid 1960's, Charlotte left acting and entered the corporate world. She worked at Capital Records for over 10 years before landing a key position at Lorimar Television Productions as Manager, Music Clearance and Licensing. From the late 1970's to 1992, Charlotte oversaw the music clearance and licensing for Lorimar's television shows (The Waltons, Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Full House, Perfect Strangers and Hogan's Family), plus countless MOW's and mini-series, as well as Lorimar Motion Pictures. Charlotte also handled the music clearance and licensing for Lorimar's advertising company Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, which at the time was the 11th largest advertising agency in the United States, with accounts such as Chrysler and Revlon. In 1992 Charlotte left Lorimar to become Director of Music Licensing for Saban Entertainment. She passed away quietly in her home on October 20, 1993 in Van Nuys, California.
- Olga Bazanova was born on 9 November 1907 in Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Capt. Grant's Family (1936), Chuzhaya (1927) and Dve materi (1931). She died on 20 October 1993 in Russia.
- Hans Vonderthann was born on 19 May 1937 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor. He was married to Irmi Vonderthann. He died on 20 October 1993 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany.
- Maurice Dolbier was born on 5 May 1912 in Skowhegan, Maine. He died on 20 October 1993 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
- Writer
Aage Dons was born on 19 March 1903 in Svanholm, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Synd (1948). He died on 20 October 1993 in Frederiksberg, Denmark.- Gaylord DuBois was born on 24 August 1899 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA. Gaylord was a writer, known for Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1997) and Turok: Son of Stone (2008). Gaylord died on 20 October 1993 in Orange City, Florida, USA.
- Actor
Sidney Pepple was born on 24 January 1910 in Wymore, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor. He died on 20 October 1993 in San Diego, California, USA.