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Rudolph Bond was raised in Philadelphia. He got his start at the Neighborhood Players. After World War II, he was invited by Elia Kazan to be a student at the famed "Actors Studio" in New York, working with such future stars as Paul Newman, James Dean, and Marlon Brando. His first big break was a role in the stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire". Rudy's career included the theater, motions pictures and television.

Marlene Willis was born on 13 January 1942 in Levelland, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Attack of the Puppet People (1958), Rockabilly Baby (1957) and Markham (1959). She was married to Kerry Hodges. She died on 29 March 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Carl Orff was born on 10 July 1895 in Munich, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Excalibur (1981), 6 Underground (2019) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He was married to Liselotte Schmitz, Luise Rinser, Gertrud Willert and Alice Solscher. He died on 29 March 1982 in Munich, Germany.

Composer, songwriter ("When Love Has Gone"), conductor, pianist, author and arranger, he came to the USA during World War I. He was a pianist in New York Ballrooms, then organized his own orchestra and toured the US in vaudeville. He was a pianist on radio, then a music director and arranger for radio and for television networks. He joined ASCAP in 1939, and his chief musical collaborators included W. Edward Breuder and Paul Rusincky. His other song compositions include "You're Everything That's Lovely", "In the Same Old Way", "In My Little Red Book", "The Wide Open Spaces", "Sam the Vegetable Man", "Let's Make Up a Little Party", and "If You Were Mine".

Sister to Kenneth de Burgh Codrington, renowned archaeologist and art historian, widely present in the Victoria and Albert museum. Also, Ann Codrington was survivor of the S.S.Persia torpedo sinking, while pregnant, but unfortunately lost her mother in the sinking on the 30 December 1915. In her retirement, Ann Codrington became a pioneer of breeding curly coated cats, and became quite a well known judge at cat shows.

Maynard Laswell was born on 8 September 1896 in Arizona, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Love Charm (1921), Too Much Wife (1922) and The Forbidden Brew (1920). He died on 29 March 1982 in Dana Point, California, USA.

Nathan Twining was born on 11 October 1897 in Monroe, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 29 March 1982.

Fatty George was born on 24 April 1927 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer and actor, known for Tea for Three (1976), Mädchen für die Mambo-Bar (1959) and Stunde Null (1969). He died on 29 March 1982 in Vienna, Austria.

George Aldwin was born on 31 August 1918 in London, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 29 March 1982 in Dana Point, California, USA.

Walter Hallstein was born on 17 November 1901 in Mainz, Germany. He died on 29 March 1982 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.