RIP Robert Hossein

 

Yahoo! News

December 31, 2020

French theatre legend Robert Hossein dies aged 93

French actor and director Robert Hossein, famous for his mega-productions of classics such as 'Les Miserables' and 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame', died Thursday of Covid-19 at the age of 93.

Hossein died in hospital after suffering a "respiratory problem", his wife Candice Patou said.

Born on 30 December, 1927 to an Iranian Zoroastrian composer father and a Russian Orthodox mother, Hossein began acting in his teens.

He made his name in the 1960s as the smouldering count of Peyrac in the Angélique series of baroque romances.

But he was also regularly cast by arthouse directors, including Roger Vadim, who picked him to play the suicidal love interest of Brigitte Bardot in Love on a Pillow in 1962.

In later years he threw his energy into huge stage productions aimed at luring the general public into theatres.

"Theatre like you've never seen in the cinema," was how he billed his lavish shows, which included an epic production of the gladiator tale Ben-Hur at the Stade de France stadium.

"He was the prince of theatre for the masses," the former president of the Cannes film festival, Gilles Jacob, wrote on Twitter.

 

HOSSEIN, Robert (Rustam Huseynov)

Born: 12/30/1927, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Died: 12/31/2020, Essey-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle France

 

Robert Hossein’s westerns – actor, director.

The Taste of Violence – 1960 (Perez) [director]

Cemetery Without Crosses – 1968 (Manuel) [director]

Judge Roy Bean – 1971 (Black Bird/’The Sicilian’)

Denn sie kennen kein erbarmen - Der Italowestern (TV) – 2005 [himself]

RIP Paul M. Heller

‘Withnail & I’, ‘Enter The Dragon’ producer Paul Heller dies at 93

Screen Daily

By Jeremy Kay

December 30, 2020

Paul Heller, the US producer whose credits included Withnail & I and Enter The Dragon and My Left Foot as executive producer, died on December 28 in Los Angeles. He was 93. 

Heller, a longtime board member of BAFTA LA, was born in New York on September 25, 1927, and spent many years in England producing some of his most acclaimed films.

His first feature, the 1962 mental health drama David And Lisa directed by Frank Perry, earned two Oscar nominations for directing and for Eleanor Perry’s adapted screenplay.

Encouraged to pursue his career with gusto, Heller produced Leopoldo Torre Nilsson’s Argentina-US political drama The Eavesdropper a couple of years later and the Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards honored it with best film and best director prizes in 1967.

Heller founded Sequoia Pictures in 1973 and that same year the company, affiliated to Warner Bros, made the martial arts hit Enter The Dragon starring Bruce Lee.

He worked as an executive at the studio overseeing such films as Skin Game with James Garner and Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood.

Under Paul Heller Productions he produced the comedy First Monday In October starring Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh for Paramount. Other career credits include an executive producer role on Showtime’s 1983 adaptation of Pygmalion starring Peter O’Toole and Margot Kidder.

The late 1980s would see Heller work on two of his most famous features – Bruce Robinson’s 1987 cult British film Withnail & I starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, and as executive producer on Daniel Day-Lewis’ Oscar-winning breakout performance in 1989 drama My Left Foot directed by Jim Sheridan.

Heller served on the board of BAFTA LA for many years and was co-chair of the organization’s education and outreach committee. He was active in supporting students and community-based educational initiatives, played a key role in launching BAFTA’s family screenings at Helen Keller Park, and helped establish the BAFTA Student Film Awards.

In later years Heller also worked with Inner City Shakespeare ensemble.

Former BAFTA LA chairman Nigel Daly of Screen said, “Paul Heller worked tirelessly for BAFTA LA over the many years he served on its board and the various committees he chaired. His inner city programs inspired and improved the lives of so many underprivileged young people in Los Angeles. He leaves behind an incredible body of work and some of the best British films ever made as well as a community of friends and colleagues who will miss him dearly. Our thoughts are with his wife Kathy and his family.”

Heller is survived by his wife Kathy Heller, son Charlie Heller, and son Michael Heller from his previous marriage to Georgeanne Aldrich.

HELLER, Paul M. (Paul Michael Heller)

Born: 9/25/1927, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 12/28/2020, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Paul M. Heller’s western – executive produer:

Skin Game - 1971

RIP Martha Navarro

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12/30/2020

The actress leaves a great legacy both in film and television, where she participated in soap operas such as ‘Camila’ and ‘Una luz en el camino’

The entertainment world is once again dressed in mourning and it was announced on the afternoon of this December 30 that the actress Martha Navarro died at the age of 83, a fact that ANDI confirmed on its official Twitter account. and the causes of death are unknown

The National Association of Interpreters issued a message in which it regretted the death of the film and television star, whose causes of death are unknown so far.

“ANDI México communicates the sensitive death of the interpreter partner Martha Navarro. An actress with a well-known career, she obtained her first Ariel with the film “La Passion According to Berenice”, by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Our deepest condolences to family and friends”, they said.

So far no member of the family of Martha Navarro, who made her debut as an actress in 1967 in the soap opera ‘Ellas’, has not commented on the matter, so it is not known where her remains will rest.

“ANDI México communicates the sensitive death of the interpreter partner Martha Navarro. An actress with a well-known career, she obtained her first Ariel with the film “La Passion According to Berenice”, by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Our deepest condolences to family and friends”, they said. So far no member of the family of Martha Navarro, who made her debut as an actress in 1967 in the soap opera ‘Ellas’, has not commented on the matter, so it is not known where her remains will rest.

Martha Navarro began her career in the late 1960s and from that moment on, she became a recurring face in soap operas, participating in titles such as: ‘Sonata de autumn’, ‘La passion de Isabela’, ‘La Fuerza del love ‘,’ Crossed roads’, ‘Family portrait’, ‘Camila’ and ‘A light on the road’

n addition, she was part of the unit programs ‘Woman, real life cases’ and ‘Marked hour’; In the cinematographic aspect, she leaves a great legacy, with more than 30 films with which she catapulted her career and won several Ariel awards.

The first time she won the award was in 1977 for the film ‘The Passion According to Berenice’ ; in 1989 she was nominated in the same category, ‘Best Actress’, for ‘The Horseman of Divine Providence’; But it was a year later that she won for the second time the statuette as ‘Best Actress in a Picture’ for the film ‘Rosa de dos aromas’ and in 1998 she won in the category of ‘Best Female Co-performance’ for ‘De noche vienes, Esmeralda’ .

Rest in peace Martha Navarro.

 

NAVARRO, Martha

Born: 12/27/1937, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Died: 12/30/2020, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Martha Navarro’s westerns – actress:

Bloody Marlene – 1979 (Senora Leach)

Astucia – 1986 (Dona Rufina)