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- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Don Dohler was born on January 27, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dohler became interested in fantastic films at a very young age (Dohler was a longtime reader of the popular horror magazine "Famous Monsters of Filmland"). He began making 8mm shorts at age 12. Dohler also published a "Mad" magazine type spin-off called "Wild" in his teen years. Dohler's initial forays into filmmaking include the stop-motion animation short "Mr. Clay" and the sci-fi effort "Pursued." Both films won awards from the amateur filmmakers club the Washington Society of Cinematographers. In 1972 Dohler launched the movie magazine "Cinemagic," which had an eleven issue run which lasted until 1979. Dohler made his feature length debut with the enjoyably cheap "The Alien Factor." Don's follow-up films were a pretty eclectic bunch: the creepy horror offering "Fiend," the gloriously gaga "Nightbeast," the goofy "Galaxy Invader," and the outrageously gruesome "Blood Massacre." After a regrettably lengthy absence from movie-making, Dohler bounced back with the belated sequel "Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage." In addition, Don served as both writer and producer on the straight-to-video fright flicks "Harvesters," "Stakes," "Crawler," and "Vampire Sisters." Moreover, Dohler was managing editor of the newspaper the Times Herald. Don Dohler died at age 60 of cancer on December 2nd, 2006.- Actress
- Soundtrack
"She's got it," Mariska Veres sang in the enormously popular Shocking Blue song "Venus." Mariska most certainly had it--a sensuous and charismatic stage presence that could transfix an audience with an absolute minimum of effort.
A striking brunette beauty with long, jet-black hair, sparkling eyes, a sweetly comely face and a voluptuous figure, Veres was further blessed with an exceptionally captivating strong and sultry voice. She was born on October 1, 1947, in the Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Her father was gypsy Hungarian violinist Lajos Veres and her mother was born in Germany to French and Russian parents. Mariska often accompanied her father on piano. She began her music career in 1963 as a singer with the guitar band Les Mysteres. She was a member of the groups The Blues Fighters, The Bumble Bees, Danny and His Favorites, General Four and The Motowns prior to becoming the lead singer for the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue in 1968 (she replaced original lead singer Fred de Wilde). Shocking Blue scored a massive international success with the song "Venus," enjoyed a steady succession of Dutch radio hits for four years straight, and recorded several albums before splitting up in 1974. Veres went on to a less successful solo career (her lone hit song was "Take Me High" in 1975). Shocking Blue reunited in 1984 for a back-to-the-60's rock concert festival. Mariska was the lead singer for the jazz outfit the Shocking Jazz Quintet in the early 1990s and fronted a new version of Shocking Blue from 1993 to 2006.
Mariska Veres died from cancer at the tragically young age of 59 on December 2, 2006; she is much loved and missed by her many fans all over the world.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Betty Brewer was born on 23 November 1923 in Joplin, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Rangers of Fortune (1940), Juke Girl (1942) and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942). She died on 2 December 2006 in Oakland, California, USA.- Don Snell was born on 30 May 1949 in Harris County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Traffic (2000), Never Been Kissed (1999) and Erin Brockovich (2000). He died on 2 December 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Dave Mount was born on 3 March 1947 in Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Side by Side (1975), Marc (1977) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996). He died on 2 December 2006 in Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK.
- Abbas Temizer was born on 26 December 1915 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Scream (1949), Bir firtina gecesi (1950) and Ölüm Saati (1954). He died on 2 December 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Opera singer Richard Vernon was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 9, 1953. He began his career while in his teens, singing with the Memphis Children's Theater, Memphis Opera Theater, the Southern Opera Theater, North Carolina Opera Theater, and the Houston Grand Opera. He won the Regional Metropolitan Opera auditions in 1977, and made his debut with the Met in a 1980 production of Satie's Parade. Vernon, an operatic bass, sang nearly 800 performances in leading and supporting roles with the Met. Vernon also appeared with the San Francisco Opera, the Washington Opera, San Diego Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and numerous other opera companies throughout the United States. He performed in such televised opera productions as Der Rosenkavalier (1982), Ernani (1983), La Forza del Destino (1984), Tosca (1985), and The Girl of the Golden West (1992). He also voiced such diverse roles as Pimen in Boris Godunov, Colline in La Boheme, Banquo in Macbeth, Ferrando in Il Trovatore, and the Commendatory in Don Giovanni. His final performance was in a Metropolitan Opera production of Tosca the week before his death. He died suddenly of a heart attack brought on by asthma at his home in Shohola, Pennsylvania, on December 2, 2006, at the age of 53.
- Sally Riggs was born on 28 July 1948 in North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Till Death Us Do Part (1965). She was married to Vincent Insalaco. She died on 2 December 2006 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
- Kurt Wasserfallen was born on 27 April 1947 in Bern, Switzerland. He died on 2 December 2006 in Bern, Switzerland.
- Music Department
Lorne P. Nikkel is known for The Chris Isaak Show (2001). Lorne P. died on 2 December 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Janina Zakrzewska was born on 1 March 1922. She was an actress, known for Odwet (1983), Smak wody (1980) and Sezon na bazanty (1986). She died on 2 December 2006.
- Karin Romig was born in 1947 in near Wolfenbüttel, Germany. She was an actress, known for Anwalt Abel (1988) and Muttertreu (1982). She died on 2 December 2006 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
- Production Manager
- Actor
Frantisek Dostál was born on 16 March 1940 in Krenovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a production manager and actor, known for Medená veza (1970), Dolina (1973) and Sagarmatha (1988). He died on 2 December 2006 in Bratislava, Slovakia.