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- Actor
- Animation Department
Charles Samuel Addams, or Chill as his friends called him, was born on January 7, 1912, in Westfield, New Jersey. Records show at the time of his birth the Addams' lived on Summit Avenue. They moved several times before taking up permanent residence in 1920 on Elm Street and stayed there until 1947. He attended public school in Westfield and was fond of visiting the Presbyterian cemetery on Mountain Avenue. When he was a youngster, he was caught by the police for breaking into a house on Dudley Avenue. On the second floor of the garage behind the main house there is a chalk drawing of a skeleton that is believed to have been drawn by Charles Addams. That house on Dudley and one on Elm Street is said to be the inspiration for the famous Addams Family house.
At Westfield High School, Charles became the art editor for the Weather Vane and drew many cartoons. He graduated in 1929 and attended Colgate University for one year. He switched to the University of Pennsylvania and then studied at Grand Central School of Art in New York City. His dream was to work for the New Yorker Magazine and started submitting cartoons as early as 1935, his very first one had the caption "I forgot my Skates." In 1940, he submitted "Downhill Skier," and that got him an offer to come on board full time for New York's premier literary magazine. He continued there until his death in 1988, drawing over 1,300 cartoons.- Julián Duprez was born on 19 February 1918 in Marseille, France. He was an actor, known for El hombre del puente (1976) and Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde (1979). He was married to Magda Guzmán. He died on 29 September 1988 in Marseille, France.
- Zoltán Basilides was born on 26 March 1918 in Vágújhely, Hungary. He was an actor, known for A Noszty fiú esete Tóth Marival (1960), A Tenkes kapitánya (1965) and Gábor diák (1956). He died on 29 September 1988 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Jean Chatillon was born on 27 September 1912 in France. He died on 29 September 1988 in France.
- Costume Designer
- Actress
Erzsébet Mialkovszky was born on 26 October 1928 in Miskolc, Hungary. She was a costume designer and actress, known for Lovefilm (1970), War and Love (1985) and György barát (1972). She died on 29 September 1988 in Dunaújváros, Hungary.- Composer
- Music Department
Composer, conductor, songwriter, violinist and teacher, educated at the Chicago Musical College and the Ecole Normal de Musique in Paris. He studied with Emile Sauret, Hugo Heerman, Jeno Hubay, Ottokar Sevcic, and Max d'Ollone. He made his debut as a violinist in Chicago in 1911, and gave recitals throughout the midwest and west coast. He was first-violinist for the Cincinnati Symphony in 1912-1913, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1922-1923. He composed and arranged for films between 1921 and 1924. He conducted the orchestra for the Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn Ballet in 1929-1930, the Peoria Symphony between 1942-1943, and the Champaign-Urbana Community-Arts Orchestra between 1951-1952. In 1936, he was on the faculty of the Interlochen National Music Camp, and was the music director of the Springdale School in Canton, NC, 1944-1949, the Asheville School for Boys, 1955-1959, and Roosevelt School in Stamford, Connecticut, 1959-1962, and also a member of MacDowell College. Joining ASCAP in 1944, his song compositions include "The White Swan" and "Gethsemane". Sol Cohen also used the professional name "Andre Vaneuf".