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Luis César Amadori was born on 28 May 1903 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Honeysuckle (1938), La pasión desnuda (1953) and Almafuerte (1949). He was married to Zully Moreno. He died on 5 June 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actress
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Lida Goulecso, born in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) in 1917, was a Romanian Tzigani vocalist and performer. Her father, Ivan Timofeevich Goulesco, was a equilibristic fiddler, a favourite musician of the last Russian Emperor, Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov. After the revolution the family fled to Constantinople and later they re-settled in Paris. At 17, Lida Goulecso made her debut as a Café-singer/dancer and became popular for her dramatic interpretations of various gypsy songs. After WWII she toured parts of southern Europe and the USA. In 1969 she performed and recorded with the recognized Franz Schnuckenack-Reinhardt-Quintett. Later in the 1970s Lida Goulesco joined the Guyla Kokas & Son Ensemble for concerts and albums. Parts of her recordings and some film episodes are preserved. Lida Goulesco died in the summer of 1977 in Paris.- Writer
- Producer
Nellie E. Lucoque was born on 27 January 1884 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for Castles in Spain (1920), Lorna Doone (1920) and She (1916). She died on 5 June 1977 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.- Birger Løvaas was born on 24 November 1901 in Oslo, Norway. He was an actor, known for Skjærgårdsflirt (1932), The Smugglers (1968) and Bustenskjold (1958). He died on 5 June 1977 in Norway.
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Blues singer/guitarist "Sleepy" John Estes--he got his nickname because he had the ability to take naps whenever and wherever he felt the need--was born in the small farming town of Ripley, TN, in 1904, to a family of poor sharecroppers. He was raised in the nearby town of Brownsville. A childhood accident resulted in his losing sight in his right eye. He taught himself to play guitar, and it wasn't long before he was performing at picnics and parties in the area, at times working with famed mandolin player Yank Rachell. In the 1920s Estes, Rachell and harmonica/jug player Hammie Nixon traveled to Memphis, TN, and performed in jug bands on street corners.
In 1929 Estes signed a recording contract with Victor Records. In 1931 he and Nixon moved to Chicago, where Estes also recorded for Decca Records, and in the 1940s he made some recordings for Bluebird Records, where his biggest hit, "Someday, Baby", became known as a blues classic and featured Estes' signature crying vocals and well-crafted lyrics. He eventually returned to Brownsville and slowed down his recording career, although he did occasionally travel to Memphis to record, often for Sam Phillips at the legendary Sun Records studio. Unfortunately, Estes eventually lost the sight in his left eye, also, leaving him completely blind. By the end of the 1950s he had faded from the blues scene (many fans actually thought he had died).
In 1962 Estes was discovered living in abject poverty in Brownsville. Thanks to a revival of interest in the blues at that time, Estes' career was revived, and he appeared in several blues documentaries in addition to going on the road and playing in clubs, concerts and blues and folk festivals. He also recorded an album, "Sleepy John Estes". He appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964 and toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival. He played again at the Newport Folk Festival in 1969 and at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival that same year. He appeared in the American Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife in 1970 and again in 1973.
He died in 1977 in Brownsville, TN.- Dorothy Brunton was born on 14 October 1893 in Melbourne, Australia. She was an actress, known for Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916) and Clara Gibbings (1934). She was married to Ben Dawson. She died on 5 June 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.