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Film Producer Tony Tenser Dies
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December 24, 2007
Tony Tenser (1920-2007) was best known for producing British sex and horror films in the 1950s and '60s, and he coined the term "sex kitten"...
Producer Frank Capra, Jr. Dies
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December 24, 2007
Film and television producer Frank Capra, Jr. (1934-2007) worked on Firestarter and three "Planet of the Apes" films...
Laura Archera Huxley Dies
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December 17, 2007
Therapist and author Laura Archera Huxley died 13 December 2007 of cancer. Born in Turin, Italy, in 1911, she was first a concert violinist, but may be best remembered for being Aldous Huxley's widow. She came to the US in...
Agent/Producer Freddie Fields Dies
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December 13, 2007
Freddie Fields (1923-2007) was a vaudeville booker, agent for some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, and the producer of...
Susan Chandler Dies
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December 12, 2007
Susan Chandler, the widow of A. Bertram Chandler, passed away in October in Australia...
Costume Designer Marit Allen Dies
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December 11, 2007
Marit Allen (1941-2007) was working on Justice League of America when she died of a brain aneurysm...
Casting Director Mali Finn Dies
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December 10, 2007
Casting Director Mali Finn (1938-2007) won an Emmy for 61* and worked on The Matrix , Terminator 2 , the forthcoming Battle Angel ...
Actor David Morris Dies
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December 6, 2007
David Morris (1924-2007) made his professional acting debut at the age of 79, after spending most of his life as a painter and professor...
British Actor Anton Rodgers Dies
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December 4, 2007
British actor Anton Rodgers (1933-2007) was best known for his comic work on British television, but also had a long stage career, and appeared in several genre productions...
Sound Engineer Peter Handford Dies
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December 3, 2007
British sound engineer Peter Handford (1919-2007) won an Oscar for Out of Africa , and worked on Tales of the Unexpected ,...
Actress Jeanne Bates Dies
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December 1, 2007
Jeanne Bates (1918-2007) starred in the serial The Phantom and appeared in Eraserhead ,...
British Author Colin Kapp Dies
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November 30, 2007
British author Colin Kapp (1928-2007) got his start in the 1950s New Worlds series and went on to write novels for...
Producer Verity Lambert Dies
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November 27, 2007
Television and film producer Verity Lambert (1935-2007) was the first producer of Doctor Who , and in later years...
Radio Personality Mitchell Harding Dies
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November 26, 2007
Mitchell Harding (1928-2007) co-created the long-running radio program Hour 25 , now known as Mike Hodel's Hour 25 , which is now broadcast...
Actor/Writer Michael Blodgett Dies
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November 26, 2007
Michael Blodgett (1939-2007) had roles in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and several genre pieces before switching to writing...
Anthologist Peter Haining Dies
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November 21, 2007
Peter Haining (1940-2007) was an editor and writer, but he was best known as an anthologist, and won the BFA's Karl Edward Wagner Award in 2001...
Physicist Sidney Richard Coleman Dies
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November 21, 2007
Theoretical physicist Sidney Richard Coleman (1937-2007) also had connections to the science fiction field, as a publisher and critic...
Actor Dick Wilson, "the Charmin man," Dies
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November 20, 2007
Dick Wilson (1916-2007) was best known as the grocer who squeezed the Charmin in commercials, but he was also a television actor with many...
Actress Sigrid Valdis Died
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November 19, 2007
Sigrid Valdis (1935-2007) was Col. Klink's secretary on Hogan's Heroes , and married the series' star, Bob Crane...
Makeup Artist Monty Westmore Dies
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November 16, 2007
Monty Westmore (1923-2007) was a member of the five-generation Westmore makeup artist family, and worked on Star Trek: Insurrection ...
Author Ira Levin Dies
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November 13, 2007
Ira Levin (1929-2007) wrote Deathtrap , The Stepford Wives , The Boys from Brazil , and several other novels that were turned into films...
Actress Laraine Day Dies
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November 13, 2007
Laraine Day (1920-2007) spent most of her career in "B+ Movies," but had some genre roles. She was married to Leo Durocher,...
