Preminger was born on December 5, 1905 in Vyzhnytsia, Wiznitz, Austria–Hungary (present Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine) to Jews Markus and Josefa Preminger.
After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature movies in a 50 year career. He rose to fame for his stylish movie mysteries such as "Laura" (1944) and "Fallen Angel" (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction ("The Man with the Golden Arm", 1955), rape ("Anatomy of a Murder", 1959) and gay ("Advise & Consent", 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.
Preminger was married to Marion Mill from 1932 until they divorced in 1946. Secondly he married Mary Gardner from 1951 until they divorced in 1959. Lastly he married Hope Bryce from 1971 until his death in 1986.
Preminger died in New York City, New York on April 23, 1986, from lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease, he was 80 years old. He was cremated and is buried in the Azalea Room of the Velma B. Woolworth Memorial Chapel at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.
Ian Abercrombie
Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor.
Abercrombie was known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in "Birds of Prey". He appeared as Elaine Benes's boss, Justin Pitt, during the sixth season of "Seinfeld", and Rupert Cananaugh, Ian Hainsworth's butler, in "Desperate Housewives". His career started in 1955 and would last until his death in 2012.
Abercrombie was born in September 11, 1934 in Grays, Essex, England. Abercrombie was married to Elizabeth Romano from 1956 until they divorced. Lastly he married Gladys Abercrombie until his death in 2012.
Abercrombie died on January 26, 2012, at 10:30am, in Hollywood, California from kidney failure. He was 77 years old.
Esther Rolle
Esther Rolle (November 8 1920 – November 17 1998) was an American actress. She was best known known for the series "Good Times". She died from diabetes.
Esther Williams
Esther Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American former swimmer and actress. She starred in movies in her career. She later became a businesswoman.
She was born in Inglewood, California.
Williams died in her sleep on June 6, 2013 in her Los Angeles home.
Anthony Bate
Anthony Bate (August 31, 1927 – June 19, 2012) was an English actor.
He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Lacon in the BBC television adaptations of the John le Carré novels "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier", "Spy" and "Smiley's People".
Bate's other credits include: "Dixon of Dock Green", "The Saint", "The Avengers", "Prime Suspect", "A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders".
Bate was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England on August 31, 1927 to Hubert George Cookson Bate and to Cecile Marjorie Canadine. Bate was educated at the King Edward VI School, Stourbridge and at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His career would begin in 1953 and would last until his retirement in 2005.
Bate lived in London, England. Bate was married to Diana Fay from 1954 until his death in 2012, together they had 2 children. Bate died in Newport, Isle of Wight from a short illness, he was 84 years old.
Christina Pickles
Christina Pickles (born 17 February 1935) is an English movie, stage, and television actress, best known for her long-running role of Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the hospital drama "St. Elsewhere", for which she was nominated for four Emmy Awards. Pickles is also known as for playing Ross Geller's mother (alongside Elliott Gould) in the hit comedy sitcom "Friends". She was born in Yorkshire, England. She is currently not married.
Michael York
Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an English actor. York has a career that has spanned for 47 years. York has appeared in many movies such as; "Justine", "The Guru", "Murder on Orient Express", "Logan's Run", "Fedora", "True Women", "Austin Powers Movie Series", and in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".
York was born in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England and is a naturalized American citizen. He studied at Bromley Grammar School for Boys and at the University College, Oxford. York has been married to Patricia McCallum since 1965. He has a stepson.
In 2013, York announced he is suffering from amyloidosis and this has affected his voice and face.
Emil Boc
Emil Boc (b. 6 September 1966, Răchițele, Cluj) is a Romanian politician. He was the president of the Democratic Liberal Party from 2005 to 2012. He was Prime Minister of Romania from 2008 - February 2012. Now he is Mayor of Cluj-Napoca.
He finished The University of History and Philosophy Cluj and Law School.
Fukui, Fukui
Fukui City (or Fukui-shi; 福井市,) is the capital city of Fukui prefecture in Japan. It became a core city of Japan in 2019. As of July 2020, there are 262,245 people living there. The land area is 275,381,842 square kilometers (1 October 2018).
From the Meiji period, the silk fabrics industry was a big business in Fukui City, but it has decreased after World WarⅡ. Today the main industries of Fukui-shi are for fabrics and chemicals.
Because Fukui prefecture is famous for dinosaurs, there are monuments of dinosaurs in front of JR Fukui station in the downtown of Fukui-shi. In addition, the building that is called "happiring" was built as part of city planning near the station. There are 186 cultural properties which include historical material, architectures, works of art, ethnic sites, scenic beauties, and cultural landscape.
Fukui City (Fukui-jo) was built by Shibata Katsuie as a castle town in 1575. It was destroyed by far because of the war with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Yuki (Matsudaira) Hideyasu later rebuilt the castle.
Fukui City was called Fukui-han from 1600 to 1871. In the late Edo period, before the Meiji Restoration (1868), the historical figures were active; The representative names are Matsudaira Shungaku, Hashimoto Sanai, Kusakabe Taro, and W.E.Griffis. They have contributed to Fukui City and Japan.
From the 1890s, silk cloth business became the main business in Fukui City. On 19 July 1945, during World War Ⅱ, Fukui City was attacked by the United States, then the town was destroyed.
People in Fukui City have rebuilt the town. However, an earthquake (Fukui-jishin) destroyed the city on 8 July 1948.The number of victims is 3,858 people. With the support from the Japanese government and other prefectures, Fukui City has been rebuilt within one year.
In 2018, Fukui city was hit by heavy snow (Fukui-gosetsu). The city overcame this disaster by asking many groups such as self-defense forces for help. In the same year, Fukui city was chosen as a core city because of change in the law. Thanks to it, Fukui city has been able to provide high quality service to citizen.
Obama, Fukui
Obama has a humid subtropical climate characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Obama is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2005 mm with September as the wettest month.The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C.
In the pre-modern period, Obama was the main port and capital of Wakasa Province.
In the Edo period, Obama was the capital of the Obama Domain.
In 1871, the Obama Domain become Obama prefecture after the abolition of domains and establishment of prefectures.
Later, the merger was repeated and in 1951 the present city of Obama was established.
In 2009, Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, acknowledged his connection with Obama city. He mentioned it in a speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Residents of Obama city have supported him since before he became the president.
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