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Known for his creative stage direction, Elia Kazan was born Elias Kazantzoglou on September 7, 1909 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey). Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his actors, he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations, resulting in nine wins. He directed a string of successful films, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), and East of Eden (1955). During his career, he won two Oscars as Best Director and received an Honorary Oscar, won three Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
His films were concerned with personal or social issues of special concern to him. Kazan writes, "I don't move unless I have some empathy with the basic theme." His first such "issue" film was Gentleman's Agreement (1947), with Gregory Peck, which dealt with anti-Semitism in America. It received 8 Oscar nominations and three wins, including Kazan's first for Best Director. It was followed by Pinky (1949), one of the first films in mainstream Hollywood to address racial prejudice against black people. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed, received 12 Oscar nominations, winning four, and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role. In 1954, he directed On the Waterfront (1954), a film about union corruption on the New York harbor waterfront. In 1955, he directed John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1955), which introduced James Dean to movie audiences.
A turning point in Kazan's career came with his testimony as a witness before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1952 at the time of the Hollywood blacklist, which brought him strong negative reactions from many liberal friends and colleagues. His testimony helped end the careers of former acting colleagues Morris Carnovsky and Art Smith, along with ending the work of playwright Clifford Odets. Kazan later justified his act by saying he took "only the more tolerable of two alternatives that were either way painful and wrong." Nearly a half-century later, his anti-Communist testimony continued to cause controversy. When Kazan was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1999, dozens of actors chose not to applaud as 250 demonstrators picketed the event.
Kazan influenced the films of the 1950s and 1960s with his provocative, issue-driven subjects. Director Stanley Kubrick called him, "without question, the best director we have in America, and capable of performing miracles with the actors he uses." On September 28, 2003, Elia Kazan died at age 94 of natural causes at his apartment in Manhattan, New York City. Martin Scorsese co-directed the documentary film A Letter to Elia (2010) as a personal tribute to Kazan.- Cork Hubbert was born on 3 July 1952 in Pendleton, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Legend (1985), The Charmings (1987) and Caveman (1981). He died on 28 September 2003 in Venice, California, USA.
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She was the first to break the color barrier of the American Lawn Tennis League in 1950 and played in the U.S. National Tennis Championship in Forest Hills. She became the first African-American player to play in Wimbledon in 1951. She won the French Championship in 1956. She won in Wimbledon in 1957, the trophy presented to her by Queen Elizabeth. She successfully defended her Wimbledon title in 1958. She won the U.S. National Tennis Championship at Forest Hills in 1957 and 1958. She retired from Tennis in 1958 and played for a while with the Harlem Globetrotters. She also broke the color barrier in golf, launching her golf career in 1964 and joining the LPGA.- Actor
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Johnny Calkins was born on 1 September 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Life with Father (1947), Divorce (1945) and Ginger (1946). He was married to Judy Calkins. He died on 28 September 2003 in San Diego, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Tall distinguished looking Len Felber had a very interesting life. He started out as a motorcycle officer who drifted his was into movies in the 1960s. It was only natural for Felber to secure roles as police officers in films but that was only a microcosm of his roles. Mr. Felber appeared frequently as bar patrons, socialites, and whatever was needed. When he was not collecting a paycheck on set, he was a board member of the Screen Extras Guild trying to improve working conditions for his fellow extras. When it became increasingly more difficult to find work, he retired in the 1980s, he moved to Nevada where he passed away in 2003.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lennie Barin was born on 1 March 1955. He was a costume designer, known for Peacemaker (1990), The Return (1980) and Hellhole (1985). He was married to Jane Friedman. He died on 28 September 2003 in California, USA.- Wilfrid Lemoine died on 28 September 2003 in Granby, Québec, Canada.
- Betty Jordan was born on 26 October 1918 in Berkeley, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hawk (1935). She was married to Chuck Mathis. She died on 28 September 2003 in Oregon City, Oregon, USA.
- John Battaglia was born on 9 January 1918 in Destry, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for Mutant Man (1996). He died on 28 September 2003 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
- Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth, a world-acclaimed scientist, was one of the ultimate authorities in plasma and thermonuclear fusion research, often indicated by the sobriquet the "Pope of Plasma Physics." His theoretical contributions had been central to the development of controlled thermonuclear fusion. In the 1950s his pioneering work in plasma instabilities, together with the pioneering works of A. Sakharov, I.Tamm, L. Spitzer, Jr., L. A. Artsimovich, and others, led to the design of the "TOKAMAK," the principal configuration used for contemporary magnetic thermonuclear fusion experiments.
In addition to his research achievements, he had made significant administrative contributions as a scientific advisor in the fields of energy policy and national defense.
He is the founder and the first director of The Institute for Fusion Studies at Austin, Texas. Rosenbluth was the recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award (1964), the Albert Einstein Award (1967), the James Clerk Maxwell prize in Plasma Physics (1976), and the Enrico Fermi Award (1986). He was the editor-in-chief of "New Ideas in Tokamak Confinement" published by the American Institute of Physics.
Rosenbluth was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and a Senior Scientist at the General Atomics, San Diego. - Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth -- the "Pope of Plasma Physics"
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth, (1927--2003), was one of the ultimate authorities in plasma physics and thermonuclear fusion research, often indicated by the sobriquet the "Pope of Plasma Physics." His theoretical contributions have been central to the development of controlled thermonuclear fusion. In the 1950s, his pioneering work in plasma instabilities, together with the pioneering works of Andrei Sakharov, Igor Tamm, Lyman Spitzer, Jr., and Lev A. Artsimovich and others, led to the design of the TOKAMAK, the principal configuration used in contemporary magnetic fusion research, such as ITER--International Tokamak Experimental Reactor.
M. N. Rosenbluth, (Editor-in-Chief), New Ideas in Tokamak Confinement, (American Institute of Physics Press, New York, 1994); Research Trends in Physics Series, Institute for Advanced Physics Studies, Stefan University.
Rosenbluth's research in parametric instabilities in laser plasma interaction played a crucial role in the development of Laser Fusion Physics along with the research of Nikolay G. Basov, Oleg N. Krokhin, John M. Dawson, and Viktor P. Silin, among others.
In addition to his research achievements, Rosenbluth has made significant administrative contributions as a science advisor in the field of energy policy and national defense. He is the founder of the Institute for Fusion Studies at Austin, Texas, and was its first director for many years. He was the recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award (1964), the Albert Einstein Award (1967), the James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics (1976), and the Enrico Fermi Award (1967). M. N. Rosenbluth was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, a Professor Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego, and a Senior Scientist at General Atomics, San Diego.