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A slim, stunning, stylish-looking actress, British Jill Haworth (born Valerie Jill Haworth on August 15, 1945 in Sussex) was a free-spirited product of the 1960s. Her father was a textile magnate and sometime race car driver and mother an aspiring ballerina. Trained in dance herself, she attended the Corona Stage School and appeared, unbilled, as a schoolgirl in a couple of movies, before fame came knocking at her door.
The diminutive (5'2") Jill was discovered by ever-formidable director Otto Preminger after he happened upon her photo from her acting school. Looking for a new face to play the refugee role of Karen in his monumental Oscar-winning film Exodus (1960), Jill made a touching impression as Sal Mineo's ill-fated Jewish girlfriend. An impressed Preminger went on to cast the actress in two other of his other important epics that same decade -- The Cardinal (1963) and In Harm's Way (1965). Both, however, were received with much less fanfare.
At this juncture, Jill had gained a sympathy vote in Hollywood as many of her ingénues seemed to meet untimely ends. Despite a dusky, untrained singing voice, the lovely blonde went to Broadway in 1966 and fashioned the role of the capricious Britisher Sally Bowles (played with a dark wig) in the musical "Cabaret," which co-starred Bert Convy as her naive American boyfriend and the irrepressible Joel Grey as the seedy Master of Ceremonies. The Kander/Ebb musical, which took place in decadent pre-Nazi Berlin, was based on Christopher Isherwood's popular "Berlin Stories". A huge hit, it won numerous Tony awards, including best musical of the 1966-67 season. Although Jill received mixed reviews, she played the role for two years.
Interestingly, it was veterans Lotte Lenya and Jack Gilford who received Tony nominations for their elderly roles in the production and not the young leads Haworth and Convy. Later on, while Grey was asked to recreate his magnetic Tony-winning part for the 1972 film Cabaret (1972), Jill and Bert were snubbed again when the leads went to others. It should be noted that by the time Bob Fosse's screen version was ready to go, Jill's star had dimmed considerably. The movie was now geared as a showcase for the fast-rising Liza Minnelli. As such, the Bowles character was Americanized and her boyfriend, played now by Michael York, served as her British counterpart. Both Minnelli and Grey won well-deserved Oscars for their dazzling performances.
After the "Cabaret" success, things died down and Jill returned to England, relegated to a few horror films here and there, including It! (1967), Horror House (1969) and Tower of Evil (1972). She also appeared on several American TV series from time to time, including Mission: Impossible (1966), The F.B.I. (1965), Baretta (1975) and Vega$ (1978). By the 1980s, however, Jill was pretty much out of sight.
In 2001 she appeared out of nowhere in a support role for the America film Mergers & Acquisitions (2001). She was living in New York and reportedly had just finished working on a voiceover YMCA spot in 2011 when she died suddenly in her Manhattan home of "natural causes" at age 65.- Actor
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Yosef Shiloach was born on 9 July 1941 in Kurdistan, Iran. He was an actor and writer, known for Rambo III (1988), Desperado Square (2001) and Private Popsicle (1982). He died on 3 January 2011 in Tel Aviv, Israel.- Actress
- Writer
Nine-Christine Jönsson was born on 8 June 1926 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress and writer, known for Port of Call (1948), Livet i Finnskogarna (1947) and Kvinnor i väntrum (1946). She died on 3 January 2011.- Arlyne Varden was born on 9 June 1928. She was an actress, known for The Rifleman (1958). She was married to George Michael Welch and Stan Lampshire. She died on 3 January 2011 in Coronado, California, USA.
- Georges Staquet was born on 15 September 1932 in Bruille-lez-Marchiennes, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for Band of Outsiders (1964), Ogro (1979) and IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992). He died on 3 January 2011 in Paris, France.
- Erich Nussbaum was born on 18 April 1934 in Baia de Cris, Romania. He was a director, known for Albume de arta populara (1959), Ciucurencu (1964) and Scoarte populare (1965). He died on 3 January 2011 in Bucuresti, Romania.
- Todd Lasswell was born on 20 April 1928 in Republic, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966), Combat! (1962) and The Street Is My Beat (1966). He died on 3 January 2011 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Actress
Suchitra Mitra was born on 19 September 1924 in Gujhandi, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India. She was an actress, known for Dahan (1998), Silpantar (2003) and Bhalobasa (1955). She died on 3 January 2011 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Charles W. Bailey II was born on 28 April 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Seven Days in May (1964) and The Enemy Within (1994). He was married to Ann Card Bushnell. He died on 3 January 2011 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Director
- Producer
Ian Bolt was born on 14 March 1944 in Essex, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for The Book Tower (1979), Roy Chubby Brown (1990) and Through the Keyhole (1987). He died on 3 January 2011 in Leeds, England, UK.- Paul Soldner was born on 24 April 1921 in Summerfield, Illinois, USA. He was married to Ginger. He died on 3 January 2011 in Claremont, California, USA.
- Harry Van Keuren is known for Musical Magic: Gilbert and Sullivan in Stratford (1984). Harry died on 3 January 2011 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
- Eva Strittmatter was born on 8 February 1930 in Neuruppin, Mark Brandenburg, Germany. She was a writer, known for Tinko (1957) and Lebensläufe (1995). She was married to Erwin Strittmatter and ???. She died on 3 January 2011 in Berlin, Germany.
- Producer
- Writer
Oliver Hunkin was born on 7 April 1916 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Distant Trumpet (1952), Meeting Point (1957) and The Power of the Witch: Real or Imaginary? (1971). He died on 3 January 2011 in London, England, UK.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Calvin Russell was born on 1 November 1948 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Scary Movie (1991), The Lost Platoon (1990) and A Seduction in Travis County (1991). He was married to Angela D. Williams, Loretta A., Elizabeth A. Soto and Cynthia. He died on 3 January 2011 in Garfield, Texas, USA.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Jenõ Farkas was born on 21 December 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Gyalog a mennyországba (1959), Patyolat akció (1965) and Madárkák (1971). He died on 3 January 2011 in Budapest, Hungary.- Judy Bonds was born on 27 August 1952 in Marfork Hollow, West Virginia, USA. She died on 3 January 2011 in Whitesville, West Virginia, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
Geraldo Flach was born on 6 August 1945 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Barbosa (1988), Disparos (2000) and Um Aceno na Garoa (2007). He died on 3 January 2011 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- Sylvie Neyraut was born on 26 March 1956 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Names of Love (2010). She died on 3 January 2011 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Alfred Proksch was born on 11 December 1908 in Vienna, Austria. He died on 3 January 2011 in Vienna, Austria.
- Emilie Lieberherr was born on 14 October 1924 in Erstfeld, Switzerland. She died on 3 January 2011 in Zollikerberg, Switzerland.