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- Jean Inness was born on 18 December 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Miền Ảo Ảnh (1959), The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957) and The Night Runner (1957). She was married to Victor Jory. She died on 27 December 1978 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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- Sound Department
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Chris Bell was born January 12, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was always a talented artist but began displaying his ability as a writer and guitarist at about 12 years old. After high school Bell became a founding member of possibly the greatest post-Beatles-style rock band that the USA has yet produced. The band was called Big Star and they released 3 classic records "#1 Record" (1971), which he wrote and performed on and the others, "Radio City" (1972) and "Third" (first officially released in England in 1978) which he reportedly helped arrange and write. The first record was a critical success and today, in the CD format, it has sold in the millions, but at that time their record label, Ardent/Stax, a primarily black R&B and Soul Music label, was either unwilling or unable to adequately promote, publicize and market this Beatles-sounding masterpiece. It is reported by his brother in the liner notes of his posthumously released solo album, "I Am The Cosmos" (1992), that he was so despondent over the failure that he attempted to "do himself in". His brother helped him see the light and between the years 1974-1978 Chris began to record his own record. This work can be heard today on that disk and also in the numerous cover versions of these songs done by popular artists of the 90s and today. He had not yet finished it when, in the words of his brother David, "returning home from a rehearsal with his new band, his car struck a telephone pole on Poplar Ave., and he died instantly." Chris' most popular contribution to modern culture is still his song "In The Street" co-written with Big Star band mate Alex Chilton. This song is used as the opening theme for _"That 70s Show" (1998)_ and is performed by legendary 70s rock band "Cheap Trick".
Bell's scant body of work is selling more every year to new young audiences, and being sited as influence for more and more contemporary musicians. His brother David has remarked that Chris would be thrilled if he had lived to see his ideas and music vindicated.- Egon von Jordan was born on 19 March 1902 in Dux, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Duchcov, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Hab' ich nur deine Liebe (1953), Sissi (1955) and Bel Ami (1955). He died on 27 December 1978 in Vienna, Austria.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bob Luman was born on 15 April 1937 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Người Đàn Ông Trong Mưa (1988), Carnival Rock (1957) and Changing Hearts (2002). He died on 27 December 1978.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Bob De Lange was born on 27 October 1916 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for Q & Q (1974), De methode Ribadier (1970) and 10.32 (1966). He died on 27 December 1978 in Laren, Netherlands.- Ted Bliss was born on 31 May 1904 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Panic! (1957), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Star and the Story (1955). He died on 27 December 1978 in Northridge, California, USA.
- Houari Boumédiène was born on 23 August 1932 in Guelma, Algeria. He died on 27 December 1978 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Actor
Thomas Ingersoll was born on 12 May 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 27 December 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Music Department
Gilbert Webster was born on 20 June 1906 in Greengates, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden (1937), Ghost Squad (1961) and The Chance of a Lifetime (1939). He died on 27 December 1978 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.- Kazimierz Wilamowski was born on 23 March 1896 in Nowy Dwór, Poland, Russian Empire [now Novy Dvor, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Zolnierz zwyciestwa (1953), Pociag (1959) and Sprawa pilota Maresza (1956). He died on 27 December 1978 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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- Soundtrack
Grant Rymal was born on 24 April 1895 in Canada. He is known for American Masters (1985). He died on 27 December 1978 in Orange, California, USA.