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Harvey Korman was a lanky, popular TV comedy veteran with a flair for broad comic characterizations, who shone for a decade as leading man and second banana par excellence on The Carol Burnett Show (1967).
Harvey Herschel Korman was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ellen (Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman. His parents, both immigrants, were from Russian Jewish families. A persistent television presence since the early 1960s, Korman's first break was a stint as a featured performer on The Danny Kaye Show (1963), a lively musical variety series in which Korman began working in the format which he would soon master--providing sturdy support to a multi-talented star in a wide variety of comedy sketches. Boasting large, expressive features and a wonderfully mutable voice, Korman could play a wide assortment of characters. Perhaps his first classic characterization was provided for The Flintstones (1960) wherein he was the distinctively snooty voice of The Great Gazoo, a little helmeted space man from the future consigned to the Earth's past in punishment for his crimes.
Korman garnered four Emmys for his work with Carol Burnett over the years. Ironically Korman would never again find such a successful showcase for his talents though he certainly tried, appearing in several busted pilots and short-lived sitcoms. Almost exclusively a comic actor, he stretched a bit to play straight man Bud Abbott opposite Buddy Hackett's Lou Costello in the disappointing TV biopic Bud and Lou (1978). He directed and/or produced sitcom episodes and TV comedy specials. An occasional actor in films, Korman made his feature debut with a supporting role in The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966). Several film roles followed until he gained his widest exposure with a major supporting role in Mel Brooks' classic Western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974). He fared well in Brooks' High Anxiety (1977) and History of the World: Part I (1981). He acted in two 1994 features: the blockbuster live-action version of The Flintstones (1994) (providing the voice of the Dictabird) and the poorly received but lavishly produced Radioland Murders (1994).- Jeannie Millar was born on 11 August 1974 in Thailand. She was an actress, known for Black Scorpion (2001), Facade (1999) and Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997). She was married to Jonathan Pruett and Morgan Carey. She died on 29 May 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Georg Fenady was born on 29 July 1930 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Garrison's Gorillas (1967), Combat! (1962) and Knight Rider (1982). He was married to Katherine Matthews. He died on 29 May 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Guillermo Gil was born in 1943 in Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La casa al final de la calle (1989), Sin remitente (1995) and El misterio del Trinidad (2003). He was married to Silvia Estela Cardoso Orozco. He died on 29 May 2008 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Eduard Loibner was an actor and director, known for Ein langes Wochenende (1969), Der starke Stamm (1967) and Die Lokalbahn (1969). He died on 29 May 2008 in Munich, Germany.- T.P. Muthulakshmi was born in 1931 in Thoothukudi, India. She was an actress, known for Nadodi Mannan (1958), Sarvadhikari (1951) and Maya Manithan (1958). She died on 29 May 2008 in Chennai, India.
- Margita Nosálová was born on 16 June 1928 in Horesedlí, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Rodná zem (1954). She died on 29 May 2008 in Krupina, Slovakia.
- Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner was born on 23 January 1931 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She died on 29 May 2008 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.