Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Another old time French leading lady who is still alive is Michele Morgan, born 1920:

 

http://en.wikipedia....%C3%A8le_Morgan

 

I will edit the main lists a few posts above to include Michele and Chorizo's suggestions.

 

EDIT: Done. Thanks, Chorizo, for the South American additions in particular. I must shamefully admit that I know virtually nothing about the cinema of that continent.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Added three more vintage Fraus to the main list on the previous page:

 

Ruth Leuwerik, born 1924, German

http://en.wikipedia....i/Ruth_Leuwerik

 

Sonja Ziemann, born 1926, German

http://en.wikipedia....i/Sonja_Ziemann

 

Lisolette Pulver, born 1929, Swiss:

http://en.wikipedia....iselotte_Pulver

 

They all seem to be fairly high profile in Germany and are apparently famous enough warrant to merit their own en.wikipedia articles, too.

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I don't know if this is the right topic, but 2001 Miss Venezuela has passed away on Saturday (17th). The Guardian and the BBC had already reported on her but her death has been missed by the English-speaking mainstream media.

 

http://www.hispanica...with-bre/12640/

[CaptainChorizo 1,977]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/feb/26/erland-josephson

 

Ingmar Bergman regular Erland Josephson,88 who had been suffering from Parkinsons disease has died. In addition to his work in Bergman films he had some great performances in films by acclaimed Directors Andrei Tarkovsky and Theo Angelopoulus.

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DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS/ETC

NAME BORN NATIONALITY REASON

Wolfgang Suschitzky 1912 Austro-Hungarian Elderly

Jacques Rivette 1928 French Elderly

Pierre "Monsieur Cinema" Tchernia 1928 French Elderly

Jean-Luc Godard 1930 French Elderly

Roman Polanski 1933 Polish Jew Perverted lifestyle

 

 

 

Here are some more Directors in the Elderly Age Range who will get UK Obits when they croak

 

from Spain

Carlos Saura Born 1932

Jesus Franco Born 1930

 

from Hungary

Mikos Jansco born 1921

 

from Poland

Jerzy Hoffman born 1932

Andrez Wajda born 1926

 

from Holland

George Sluizer born 1932

 

from Denmark

Gabriel Axel born 1918

 

from France

Agnes Varda born 1928

Alain Resnais born 1922

Edouard Molinaro born 1928

 

 

from Italy

Ermanno Olmi born 1931

Francesco Rosi born 1922

Franco Zeffirelli born 1923

Lina Wertmuller born 1926

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani born 1931 and 1929

 

from Japan

Masahiro Shinoda born 1931

Seijun Suzukzi born 1923

Kaneto Shindo born 1912

 

from Chile

Alejandro Jodorowsky born 1929

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Thanks, Chorizo. I will update the main list in the next day or two. I had completely forgotten about Zeffirelli and I didn't realise that Resnais was still alive. Didn't realise Jodorowsky and the Taviani brothers were so old.

[VSBfromH 74]

Lucio Dalla

 

The Italian singer-songwriter has died aged 68. His song "Caruso" was covered by many artists including Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban.

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Pierre Schoendoerffer, the French Oscar-winning filmmaker and war reporter has died aged 83.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

I was trying to find some information on Nathalie Pascaud (the leading lady in the famous French slapstick comedy, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday). Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be any information on whether she is dead or alive anywhere. She doesn't even have a page in the French Wikipedia and sources like IMDB don't have any info on her either. If anyone can find anything, she might be an interesting person to add to the list.

 

[VSBfromH 74]

Tonino Guerra

 

The Italian screenwriter and poet has died aged 92. He was nominated for an Academy Award 3 times but failed to win each time. The films were Carlo Ponti's "Casanova 70" (1965), Antonioni's "Blow-Up" (1966) and Fellini's "Amarcord" (1973).

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

I just learned that Marina von Ditmar, best known for playing Sophie von Riedesel in Herr Goebbels' 1940s version of Münchhausen is still alive at the grand old age of 97. She only has a German Wikipedia page, not an English one, so the chances of a UK obit are virtually nil but I'll put her on the list above anyway.

 

http://de.wikipedia....rina_von_Ditmar

 

She apparently comes from a noble family of Estonian and Lithuanian knights.

[Bert Trautmann 58]

Misanthropic, depressive, alcoholic, chain-smoker: Aki Kaurismaki

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Misanthropic, depressive, alcoholic, chain-smoker: Aki Kaurismaki

 

 

 

 

On another note, I watched the Seventh Seal for the first time in ages over the weekend and did a little research afterwards. Max von Sydow was born in 1929 so he is a good one to add to the list but unfortunately Death has died.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Ekerot

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

I just discovered that Chris Marker, the genius French director best known for his legendary science fiction short La Jetee and who also produced some significant filmed essays, is still alive at 90 so he is yet another one to put on the watch list.

[Handrejka 1,903]

Another of Fassbinder's troop dies.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Kaufmann

[CaptainChorizo 1,977]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/may/30/kaneto-shindo?newsfeed=true

 

Prolific Japanese Film Director and Screenwriter Kaneto Shindo has died at age 100

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Lina Haag, former leader of the Youth Movement of the German Communist Party, has died aged 105.

 

So far no English obituaries, so a loss for Death Speaks German.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Lina Haag, former leader of the Youth Movement of the German Communist Party, has died aged 105.

 

So far no English obituaries, so a loss for Death Speaks German.

 

I didn't know of her before this but I have just been reading about her in Wikipedia. It is quite an amazing story:

 

[After Hitler's rise to power], Lina spent many years in Remand Prison, during which time she met other prominent prisoners such as Liselotte Herrmann. Lina was freed in 1938 after managing to turn her camp commandant at Lichtenburg against the Stuttgart Gestapo.

 

Once released, she was reunited with her daughter, moved to Berlin, and secured a job. She visited the headquarters of the SS almost daily to petition for her husband's release. In 1940, she obtained permission for an audience with Heinrich Himmler, who secured Alfred's release from the Mauthausen concentration camp. Alfred survived physical torture while detained there and also at Dachau concentration camp.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Haag

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Japanese actress Isuzu Yamada, whose career spanned from 1930-1961 most notably in three Akira Kurosawa films (The Lower Depths, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo her last film), has died aged 95.

 

She was chosen by 2 teams on the DDP this year.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Just discovered that Danish actress Vera Gebuhr, born in 1916, is still alive:

 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311409/

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German film actor Ulrich Muehe has died.

And now his widow Susanne Lothar, who played his wife in Michael Haneke's Funny Games, has died at 51.

She didn't outlive him for long in the film either.

 

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

German film actor Ulrich Muehe has died.

And now his widow Susanne Lothar, who played his wife in Michael Haneke's film Funny Games, has died at 51.

 

That is young. I haven't seen Funny Games but I greatly enjoyed Haneke's Hidden and the White Ribbon.

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German film actor Ulrich Muehe has died.

And now his widow Susanne Lothar, who played his wife in Michael Haneke's film Funny Games, has died at 51.

 

That is young. I haven't seen Funny Games but I greatly enjoyed Haneke's Hidden and the White Ribbon.

 

Blimey, him and both his wives gone in the space of a decade none of them made it to 60

 

I'm really looking forward to Haneke's Amour

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German film actor Ulrich Muehe has died.

And now his widow Susanne Lothar, who played his wife in Michael Haneke's film Funny Games, has died at 51.

 

That is young. I haven't seen Funny Games but I greatly enjoyed Haneke's Hidden and the White Ribbon.

 

I very surprised to find she has died very noticeable face for anyone who watches European foreign cinema. I'm guessing her death is quite big in Germany. funny games and the white ribbon are two of my favourite foreign movies and her husband in the lives of others put in a great performance too. Three out of the four main characters from the original funny games have died. I bet Arno frisch is feeling a little scared this morning.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

German film actor Ulrich Muehe has died.

And now his widow Susanne Lothar, who played his wife in Michael Haneke's film Funny Games, has died at 51.

 

That is young. I haven't seen Funny Games but I greatly enjoyed Haneke's Hidden and the White Ribbon.

 

Blimey, him and both his wives gone in the space of a decade none of them made it to 60

 

I'm really looking forward to Haneke's Amour

 

So am I.