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Stephen McDannell Hillenburg is the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), Nickelodeon's highest-rated cartoons for children and a staple of American television. He was born on August 21, 1961 in Fort Sill, a United States Army post in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Nancy (Dufour) Hillenburg and Kelly Neugent Hillenburg Jr.
Raised in Anaheim, California, he became fascinated with marine biology as a child and later developed an interest in art. He started his professional career in 1984 teaching marine biology at the Orange County Marine Institute. He wrote 'The Intertidal Zone', a comic book about tide-pool animals which he used to educate his students.
In 1989, two years after leaving teaching, Hillenburg enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts to pursue a career in animation. He was later offered a job on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rocko's Modern Life (1993), after his success with short films The Green Beret (1992) and Wormholes (1992), which he created while studying animation.
In 1994, Hillenburg began developing The Intertidal Zone characters and concepts for what would become SpongeBob SquarePants. The show premiered in 1999 and has aired since then. He also directed The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), which he originally intended to be the series finale. However, Nickelodeon wanted to produce more episodes, so Hillenburg resigned as the showrunner. He went back to making short films, with Hollywood Blvd, USA (2014).
In 2015, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) was released; the sequel to the 2004 film, it marked Hillenburg's return to the franchise, after he co-wrote the story and acted as an executive producer on the project.
Aside from two Emmy Awards and six Annie Awards for SpongeBob SquarePants, Hillenburg also received an accolade from Heal the Bay for his efforts on elevating marine life awareness, as well as the Television Animation Award from the National Cartoonists Society. Despite all this, he was involved in public controversies, including one that centered on speculation over the SpongeBob character's intended sexual orientation.
Hillenburg was diagnosed in 2017 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He stated that he would continue to work on his show for as long as possible. He died at age 57 on November 26, 2018 in San Marino, California, a year and a half after his diagnosis.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Renata Tebaldi was and is surely one of the best Spinto soprano voices that any century has ever heard. She made her operatic debut, through bombed streets in 1944 in Mefistofele, as Elena. Then was hand picked for the reopening of La Scala, 46 by Toscanini. It was there that the legendary "Voice of an Angel" started. He put Tebaldi upon a podium, well above the choir, and said "I want your voice to sound as though an angel is coming from Heaven." That is how it all started.
Her career began to grow at the same time as Maria Callas, though, actually, if one delves into their respective careers, they were so different, performing only three or four roles at the same time. In 1950 Tebaldi was selected by both esteemed conductors, Toscanini and De Sabata, for their versions of the Verdi Requium. These recordings exist today, and one can see how her vocal splendor was soon to become an international phenomenon. Her operatic debut in the United States, was AIDA in '50 in SF. She was booked just opon hearing a few of her recordings.
Tebaldi was so lucky, as she began her career just as the recording industry was beginning to record complete operas on LP. Decca/London quickly signed this promising new talent, and she continued to record for the label until 1974. She often recorded her repertoire twice, one in mono, then in Stereo, as her vocal and dramatic prowess only increased with time. Her legendary Decca recordings are mostly still in print, Aida, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, Otello (in which she was unsurpassed as Desdemona), Andrea Chenier, Adrianna, La Wally, La Gioconda, Manon Lescaut, and Tosca. These are all available, on many labels, as live recordings as well.
Tebaldi's operatic career took one's breath away, just looking at the theatres she performed in, The Met, War Memorial, Covent Garden, San Carlos, Paris, Russia, Chicago Lyric, to name only a very few.
Her complete operas on video only give testament to her greatness, her absolutely gorgeous voice. Tosca '61 Stuttgart is now on DVD, along with her Andrea Chenier, with the wonderful and her recording partner, Mario del Monaco, Japan '61, Forza del Destino '58 with Corelli and Bastianini is also on DVD.
Her voice has been praised by Beverly Sills, Martina Arroyo, Joan Sutherland, and the great Caballe, who saw her as a youngster, and wanted to be like her. Also the many tenors who worked with her, Del Monaco, Di Stefano, Bjorling, Morell, and Richard Tucker, always praised her in every way possible. So did Franco Corelli, whom, both tall and good-looking, often left audiences spellbound, with their looks and singing.
To this day, she still is in great health, and loves to hear from her fans. She does consider them as family, as she feels she sacrificed a family for a career, way before it was acceptable for a woman to do so. But her fan base only grows. All you have to do is put on just one track of a Tebaldi CD, or record, to know why.- Texas-born Willie Shoemaker is recognized as the most successful jockey in racing history. Winning his first race in 1949 at age 18, by the time of his retirement in 1990 he had racked up 8,833 victories - among them four Kentucky Derbies, five Belmont Stakes and three Preakness Stakes, with his winnings totaling well over $123 million. One of his greatest victories was at the 1986 Kentucky Derby when, at age 54, he rode a 17-1 shot named Ferdinand to victory. Just about the only goal he didn't accomplish was to sweep racing's Triple Crown - the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont stakes - as did his friend and rival, jockey Eddie Arcaro.
Shoemaker's life and career wasn't all roses, however. His most famous mishap occurred during the 1957 Kentucky Derby, when as he raced to what seemed to be certain victory, he mistook the 16th pole for the finish line and stood up in the stirrups, resulting in his mount slowing down and a horse named Iron Liege charging ahead to win the race by a nose. He was also badly injured twice during the late 1960s. His most serious injury, however, occurred in 1991 when he was involved in an automobile accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Unable to race, he spent the next several years as a trainer, finally retiring from the sport altogether in 1997. - Fatima Ali was born on 9 April 1989 in Lahore, Pakistan. She died on 25 January 2019 in San Marino, California, USA.
- Frank Baxter was born on 4 May 1896 in Newbold, Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), Trapped (1950) and Our Mr. Sun (1956). He was married to Lydia Ffoulke Spencer Morris. He died on 18 January 1982 in San Marino, California, USA.
- Nathan Roth was born on 26 September 1928 in New Castle, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bionic Woman (1976), Cat in the Cage (1978) and Witches' Brew (1980). He died on 14 March 2003 in San Marino, California, USA.
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Oscar Rasbach was born on 2 August 1888 in Dayton, Kentucky, USA. He died on 23 March 1975 in San Marino, California, USA.- Carmen Phillips was born on 15 September 1888 in Oakland, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hope Diamond Mystery (1921), The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915) and The Fighting Coward (1924). She died on 14 December 1966 in San Marino, California, USA.
- Actress
- Costume Designer
Barbara Brier was born on 19 October 1925 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. She was an actress and costume designer, known for An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949), Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951) and Shamrock Hill (1949). She was married to James C. Ford and Arthur Dreifuss. She died on 10 July 2005 in San Marino, California, USA.- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Writer
Elso Valentini was born in San Marino (sm). He was a set decorator and writer, known for The Enemy General (1960) (1960), The Queen of Babylon (1954) (1954) and Roman Holiday (1953) (1953). He was previously married to Teresa Rea. He died on January 7, 1998 (age 79). Son of the citizens of San Marino (sm), he attended Julius Cesar Classical High Rimini School with Federico Fellini. He entered the world of cinema in 1942 working in the film, The Children Are Watching Us (1943) directed by Vittorio De Sica. Subsequently, he began his collaboration with Scalera film production of, the largest film production house of that time. During the period of the fascist regime he worked as a dresser set until 1943 on various set, including Men of the Mountain (1943) with Amedeo Nazzari. In 1945, in the aftermath of the Liberation, he returned to Rome to resume his work in the cinematographic sector with Unknown Men of San Marino (1948) directed by Michal Waszynski, with Vittorio De Sica and Anna Magnani. A movie dedicated to the Republic of San Marino for having hosted 110,000 Italians for six months during the bombardment caused by the clash of forces on the German defense line, the Gothic Line. With the end of the hostility of the war, Italy becomes a flourishing ground for international film productions. The name of Hollywood sul Tevere (2009) will be given to that historical period of cinematography. His first international film will be: Black Magic (1949). Elso Valentini was hired by many American's cinematographic studios, working as a set dresser for some of the most famous films of all time, including Beat the Devil (1953) directed by John Huston. He was producer, screenwriter and actor of Tierra mágica (1959), the first documentary film on the Amazon Venezuela forest, appointed films for the Berlin Festival of 1959. His last commitment in the world of cinema was with The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951) for the creation of Ben-Hur (1959) directed by William Wyler. After two months of production he will have to abandon the set for family reasons. He returned to the country of his roots, the Republic of San Marino (sm), was remained until his death.- Edwin Hubble was born on 20 November 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, USA. He died on 28 September 1953 in San Marino, California, USA.
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May E. Romm was born on 14 October 1892 in Russia. May E. was a writer, known for Spellbound (1945). May E. died on 15 October 1977 in San Marino, California, USA.- Actress
Josephine DeKarr was born on 23 August 1914 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Leonard Martin DeKarr. She died on 28 March 2002 in San Marino, California, USA.