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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia was born on 8 July 1894 in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Amore (1935), Barbablù (1941) and La vita è bella (1943). He died on 3 January 1998 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actress
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- Producer
Essie Coffey was born near Goodooga in Northern NSW. She was a Muruwari woman and the co-founder of the Western Aboriginal Legal Service and served on a number of government bodies and Aboriginal community organisations.
Her family avoided forced relocation to a reserve by following seasonal rural work.
Coffey co-founded the Western Aboriginal Legal Service and the Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Museum in Brewarrina, serving on several government bodies and Aboriginal community organisations including the Aboriginal Lands Trust and the Aboriginal Advisory Council. She was an inaugural member of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.
She was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 10 June 1985, for service to the Aboriginal community. She was nominated for an MBE but refused it, explaining that she knocked the MBE back because she is not a member of the British Empire.
Coffey was also an active filmmaker. In 1978 she made "My Survival as an Aboriginal", which she gave to Queen Elizabeth II as a gift at the opening of Australia's new Parliament House in 1988. The film won the Greater Union Award for documentary film and the Rouben Mamoulian Award at the Sydney Film Festival 1979. The sequel, "My Life As I Live It", was released in 1993. Coffey also appeared in the film Backroads.
Essie Coffey and her husband, Albert "Doc" Coffey, raised 8 children and adopted 10 more.- Marjorie King was born in 1911. She was an actress, known for J'ai gagné un million (1936), My Weakness (1933) and Man in the Rough (1928). She was married to Philip Manwaring Plant. She died on 3 January 1998 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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George Ward was born on 27 November 1916 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Their Own Desire (1929), The March of Time (1930) and Good News (1930). He died on 3 January 1998 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA.- Wolfgang Forester was born on 6 March 1929 in Freiburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Inspektor Hornleigh greift ein... (1961), Der Gärtner von Toulouse (1962) and Alle meine Söhne (1965). He died on 3 January 1998.
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Huib de Vries was born on 8 December 1935 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for De zaak M.P. (1960), BBC2 Playhouse (1973) and Fanfare (1958). He died on 3 January 1998 in Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Music Department
Philip Guest Adams was born on 9 December 1912 in Canton, Connecticut, USA. He is known for American Bandstand (1952). He died on 3 January 1998 in Dover, Delaware, USA.