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- Andy Whitfield was born on 17 October 1971 in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Spartacus (2010), Gabriel (2007) and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011). He was married to Vashti Whitfield. He died on 11 September 2011 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Shirley Chambers was notorious as Hollywood's First Dumb Blonde. She began her film career at the dawn of talking pictures and was the first 'dumb blonde' at R.K.O Studios, making whoopee in light comedies, and fluffy musicals.
Born in Seattle, Washington, her family moved to California when she was in her infancy. Settling in Pasadena, Chambers was schooled in Huntington Park. By the time she left school in 1928, she was already working as a model. In 1930, she was signed by Samuel Goldwyn as a Goldwyn Girl around the same time as Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Lucille Ball, Dorothy Coonan, Toby Wing and Pat Wing.
Among her early film credits are The Kid from Spain (1932), 42nd Street(1932) and Gold Diggers of 1933. Chambers made her film debut in the chorus of Whoopee! (1930) starring Eddie Cantor. Deployed in a symmetrical fashion, she and 100 other girls were filmed from above, a new technique which would later became ever associated with Berkeley.
In 1932, she left MGM for RKO. After appearing in a series of film shorts, including Diplomaniacs starring the comedy duo Wheeler and Woolsey, and The Iceman's Ball, Chambers was offered the role of Gladys in the Lupe Velez comedy vehicle The Half Naked Truth (1932). "Lupe was the star and being very difficult," she said. "She screamed at the director Gregory La Cava, 'you couldn't do without me', and he was barking back at her, 'I could make a star out of anyone, out of the next person who walked on this set', and in I came through the door". Lupe Velez laughed hysterically when she saw Chambers dressed for her part as Gladys a French Maid, whom in the film is believed is doubling as the leader of a nudist colony.. However La Cava stuck to his word and cast Chambers in a bevy of his films.
In Melody Cruise (1933), she teamed up with June Brewster as a couple of gold-diggers, both with their eyes on a winsome millionaire (played by Charles Ruggles). Chambers was well on her way to become the studio's answer to Jean Harlow. RKO was riding the crest of the wave with a series of box-office hits, including Flying Down to Rio, King Kong and Morning Glory (all 1933) in which she appeared.
Rare for the time, Shirley Chambers took an agent and freelanced. She appeared in Dancing Lady (1933) with Joan Crawford, played a manicurist in the Wallace Beery western Viva Villa! (1934), rode into frame as lady Godiva in Nothing Sacred (1937), and took minor roles in George Cukor's The Women, and Gone With the Wind (both 1939).
During WWII, she toured with the USO. She became the first screen star to land in South Africa where, as part of a theatre company, she entertained hundreds of Allied Forces. In 1943, she returned to the US, and joined the cast of the Moss Hart morale booster, Winged Victory. Opening in Boston it transferred to Broadway, where it became a smash hit, playing to over 350,000 people in 226 performances. During the New York run, Chambers starred alongside Karl Malden and Mario Lanza. Returning to California in the late 1940s, she picked up her career where she left off, making dozens of appearances on television.
She married in 1945 and had one daughter. For the last three decades of her career, Chambers was active in repertory theatre and in TV commercials. - Brad Garrick was born on 13 December 1969 in Canada. He was an actor, known for Tracker (2001), Get Over It (2001) and Mutant X (2001). He died on 11 September 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
- Huib Broos was born on 29 August 1941 in Soerabaja, Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies [now Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia]. He was an actor, known for Duel in de diepte (1979), The Family (1973) and Soldier of Orange (1977). He died on 11 September 2011 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Dennis Sallas was born on 15 June 1928 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Shadows (1958), Johnny Staccato (1959) and The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962). He died on 11 September 2011.
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Zoran Janjic was born in 1940. He was a producer and director, known for The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1990) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972). He died on 11 September 2011 in Sydney, Australia.- Actor
- Producer
M.S. Karanth was an actor and producer, known for Guri (1986), Soorappa (2000) and Parashuram (1989). He died on 11 September 2011.- Henryk Nolewajka was born on 13 July 1953 in Strzybnica, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Nachts im Park (2002), Rycerz (1980) and Tatort (1970). He died on 11 September 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Gino Latilla was born on 7 November 1924 in Bari, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Un giglio infranto (1955), Te stò aspettanno (1956) and Ergastolo (1952). He was married to Carla Boni. He died on 11 September 2011 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Vic Heutschy was born on 19 January 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Cabaret (1972), Caddyshack (1980) and The Phantom (1996). He was married to Eleanor C. Heutschy. He died on 11 September 2011 in Century City, California, USA.- Jim Williams Sr. was born on 15 January 1939. He was married to Sharon Williams. He died on 11 September 2011 in Potosi, Missouri, USA.
- Yuriy Kuzmenkov was born on 16 February 1941 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Minuta molchaniya (1971), Glavnyy den (1974) and Maltiyskiy krest (2008). He died on 11 September 2011 in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
- Arthur Evans was born on 12 October 1942 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 11 September 2011 in San Francisco, California, USA.
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Guangyuan Yang was born on 26 December 1930 in Shandong, China. Guangyuan was a director and cinematographer, known for The Land Of Rebirth (1983), Da Jue Zhan II: Huai Hai Zhan Yi (1991) and The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest (1998). Guangyuan died on 11 September 2011 in Beijing, China.- Jordi Pere Cerdà was born on 4 November 1920 in Saillagouse, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He died on 11 September 2011 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.