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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jessica Dragonette (February 14, 1900-March 18, 1980) was a singer who became popular on American radio and was active in the World War II effort. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Dragonette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribut... Read more

Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson was a Swedish stage and screen actress, pedagogue and singer. She was educated at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, Stockholm, 1927-30, made her film debut in "Kanske en diktare/Maybe a Poet" (1933). She has appeared in more than 140 feature fi... Read more

Lili Ziedner (14 September 1885 – 10 February 1939) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in over twenty films between 1909 and 1939.... Read more

Einar Axelsson (25 February 1895 – 30 October 1971) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Einar Rickard Axelsson was born at Lund in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of actors Konstantin and Amelie Axelsson. He was the brother of journalist George Axelsson (1898–1966). After playing at the Folkteat... Read more

Enterprising and audacious film and theater producer who fostered a new generation of Swedish film directors in the 1940s via his own company, Terrafilm, Marmstedt had a profound influence on the young Ingmar Bergman, whom he also engaged as a theater director at his own Intima Theatre in Stockholm.... Read more

Eugeniusz Bodo (1899 – 1943) was a film director, producer, and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the inter-war period. He starred in some of the most popular Polish film productions of the 1930s, including His Excellency, The Shop Assistant (Polish: Jego ekscelencja subiekt),... Read more

Micha? Waszy?ski, w?a?ciwie Mosze Waks – polski re?yser filmowy, monta?ysta i scenarzysta. Wyre?yserowa? najwi?cej polskich pe?nometra?owych filmów fabularnych w okresie dwudziestolecia mi?dzywojennego.... Read more

Wilmuth John Merkyl was an American opera singer, as well as stage and screen actor. He appeared in films from 1915 to 1945. After 1917 he was sometimes credited as John Merkyl.... Read more

Kuniko Miyake (?? ??, Miyake Kuniko, 17 September 1916 – 4 November 1992) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 180 films from 1934 to 1991.... Read more

Tomio Aoki (October 7, 1923 in Yokohama, Japan – January 24, 2004 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan) aka Tokkan Koz? was a Japanese film actor. Aoki became famous as a child actor after debuting at the age of six in silent films directed by Yasujir? Ozu. His leading role in Ozu's 1929 short comedy T... Read more