On the last day of the year, EFSP remembers fifteen stars of the international cinema we had to say goodbye to in 2018. Thank you, for your films.
French postcard by Ed. Borde, no. 100. Photo: Wiezniak / Philips.
French singer France Gall died at the age of 70 after suffering from cancer for two years. She rocketed to fame in the 1960s as a naive young singer performing songs written by Serge Gainsbourg. She won the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest with his Poupée de cire, poupée de son. In 1965, Gall was sought by Walt Disney to appear as Alice in a musical film version of Alice in Wonderland. The project appealed to her, but was cancelled after Disney's death in 1966. After meeting and marrying, French singer-songwriter Michel Berger, her career was completely turned around and she went on to make a name for herself as one of the top female artists on the French music scene.
German postcard by Rüdel-Verlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf., no. 2080. Photo: Deutsche Film Hansa / Lilo. Publicity still for Witwer mit 5 Töchtern/Widower with 5 Daughters (Erich Engels, 1957).
German actress Angelika Meissner was a child star of the German cinema in the 1950s. Angelika became known with the three Immenhof films, which are still popular in the German-speaking countries. But her mother was the stage mum from hell. In 1963, she stopped acting and went to live in Canada for a long time, where she occasionally worked as an architect. Angelika Meissner died in a Berlin nursing home. She was 78.
Vintage card.
French-born English actor Peter Wyngarde played Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two legendary British television series: Department S (1969–1970) and Jason King (1971–1972). In 1975, Wyngarde was arrested, convicted and fined £75 for an act of 'gross indecency'. Later, Wyngarde returned to British television and incidentally appeared in films, such as in Flash Gordon (1980), resuming a successful career until 1994.
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 832, offered by Les Carbones Korès 'Carboplane'. Photo: Browning Studio H.P.S.
American actress Dorothy Malone was a dreamy-eyed beauty, who started her film career in Frank Sinatra musicals during the 1940s. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her sultry role in Written on the Wind (1956), but she was best known by the public as Constance MacKenzie in the TV series Peyton Place (1964-1968). Her final role was as Sharon Stone's mysterious friend in Basic Instinct (1992). Dorothy Malone was 92 (some sources say 93).
French postcard.
American actor John Gavin died of leukaemia at the age of 86. In the late 1950s, he was hailed at Universal Pictures as a second coming of Rock Hudson. Gavin played Lana Turner's love interest in Douglas Sirk's remake of Imitation of Life (1959); portrayed Sam Loomis, who as Janet Leigh's boyfriend helps solves the mystery of Norman Bates, in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960); and was the object of Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore's affections in George Roy Hill's Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). He was almost signed on to play James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) but the role eventually returned to Sean Connery.
German postcard by Franz Josef Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg. Photo: Chris Nowotny, Múnchen.
Siegfried Rauch was a popular German film and television actor. In the 1970s he appeared in several international films, including Le Mans (1971) as the rival of Steve McQueen at a Le Mans auto race. For over 60 years, Rauch acted in approximately 200 productions, and he remained active until his death. The 85-years-old Rauch died from injuries suffered when falling down stairs at a fire station near his home in Obersöchering near Munich.
Russian postcard by Izdanije Byuro Propogandy Sovietskogo Kinoiskusstva, no. A 07154.
Oleg Tabakov was a renown Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre. Tabakov's film career was equally impressive with roles as Count Nikita Rostov in Voyna i mir I/War and Peace (1966-1967) by Sergei Bondarchuk, and as the title figure in Oblomow (1981) by Nikita Mikhalkov. He died from heart attack at the age 82.
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag, Minden/Westf.no. 2428. Photo: Teldec.
Swiss singer and actress Lys Assia was the winner of the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. The sparkling and beautiful grande dame of the German Schlager appeared as a singer in several films of the 1950s. Lys Assia was 94.
French postcard by St. Anne, Marseille. Photo: Sam Lévin.
French film and television actress Stéphane Audran was the cool and aristocratic looking star in Oscar winning films such as Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) and Babettes gæstebud/Babette's Feast (1987). She appeared in many films by director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol, who was her husband for 16 years. Stéphane Audran was 85.
Spanish postcard by Raker, no. 1155, 1965. Photo: publicity still for Cheyenne (1955-1962).
Heavy set, athletic Clint Walker was an American actor and singer. In the 1950s, Walker with his broad shoulders and slim waist almost single-handedly started the Western craze on TV in his role as Cheyenne Bodie in Cheyenne (1955-1962). During the 1960s he starred in several films, like the war drama The Dirty Dozen (1967). Clint Walker died of congestive heart failure in Grass Valley, California, nine days before his 91st birthday.
British postcard in the Picturegoer series, London, no. D 126. Photo: R.K.O. Radio.
With his blond, tanned, surfer-boy good looks, Tab Hunter was one of Hollywood’s hottest teen idols of the 1950s era. The American actor, singer, and author portrayed boy-next-door marines, cowboys and swoon-bait sweethearts in many films, and had a huge hit with the song Young Love (1957). He hid his homosexuality and his relationship with actor Anthony Perkins. When his career faded during the 1960s, he starred in Spaghetti Westerns in Italy. In the 1980s, Hunter returned to the cinemas opposite Divine in the camp classics Polyester (1981) and Lust in the Dust (1985). Tab Hunter was 86.
German Postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1276/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Dührkoop.
Actor, presenter and journalist Peter Bosse was a popular child star of the German cinema in the 1930s. The boy with his cheeky face made 28 films. His film career ended when WWII started. The Nazi’s didn’t permit him to act in films anymore on account of 'racial and ideological reasons'. After the war he followed acting classes and started to work as a stage actor in Berlin. Later he switched to the radio.
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 1008. Photo: Sam Lévin.
Armenian-French singer and actor Charles Aznavour passed away on 1 October. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring performers, he was also one of the most well-known singers in the world. The ‘Frank Sinatra of France’ was known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor voice. He appeared in more than 60 films, composed about 1,000 songs, and sold well over 100 million records. For his film work Aznavour was awarded a Honorary César (the French Oscar) in 1997. Aznavour was 94.
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 61/70. Photo: publicity still for Tödlicher Irrtum/Fatal Error (Konrad Petzold, 1970).
On 14 November 2018, German stage and film actor Rolf Hoppe (1930-2018) passed away. With his huge shape and nearly bald head, Hoppe mainly played many funny characters like professors, wealthy patriarchs and aristocrats in East-German films and on TV. He was also the villain in several Easterns, produced by the DEFA, the official East-German film studio. Since 1963, Hoppe had appeared in over 300 stage plays, TV-series and films. He was 87.
Small West-German collectors card by Greiling Sammelbilder, Serie E, no. 93. Photo: Constantin-Film. Publicity still for Le secret de Mayerling/The Secret of Mayerling (Jean Delannoy, 1949).
French actress Dominique Blanchar passed away at the age of 91. The beautiful Parisienne was the daughter of the actors Pierre Blanchar and Marthe Vinot. Her career was focused on stage acting, and she made her debut in the 1940s. But she also worked for television and acted in several films. Her first film appearance was as Marie Vetsera in Le secret de Mayerling/The Secret of Mayerling (Jean Delannoy, 1949) opposite Jean Marais. Her best known film is probably the Italian classic L'Avventura/The Adventure (1960) directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Gabriele Ferzetti, and Monica Vitti.
7 January: France Gall (1947-2018)
French postcard by Ed. Borde, no. 100. Photo: Wiezniak / Philips.
French singer France Gall died at the age of 70 after suffering from cancer for two years. She rocketed to fame in the 1960s as a naive young singer performing songs written by Serge Gainsbourg. She won the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest with his Poupée de cire, poupée de son. In 1965, Gall was sought by Walt Disney to appear as Alice in a musical film version of Alice in Wonderland. The project appealed to her, but was cancelled after Disney's death in 1966. After meeting and marrying, French singer-songwriter Michel Berger, her career was completely turned around and she went on to make a name for herself as one of the top female artists on the French music scene.
10 January: Angelika Meissner (1940-2018)
German postcard by Rüdel-Verlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf., no. 2080. Photo: Deutsche Film Hansa / Lilo. Publicity still for Witwer mit 5 Töchtern/Widower with 5 Daughters (Erich Engels, 1957).
German actress Angelika Meissner was a child star of the German cinema in the 1950s. Angelika became known with the three Immenhof films, which are still popular in the German-speaking countries. But her mother was the stage mum from hell. In 1963, she stopped acting and went to live in Canada for a long time, where she occasionally worked as an architect. Angelika Meissner died in a Berlin nursing home. She was 78.
15 January: Peter Wyngarde (1928-2018)
Vintage card.
French-born English actor Peter Wyngarde played Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two legendary British television series: Department S (1969–1970) and Jason King (1971–1972). In 1975, Wyngarde was arrested, convicted and fined £75 for an act of 'gross indecency'. Later, Wyngarde returned to British television and incidentally appeared in films, such as in Flash Gordon (1980), resuming a successful career until 1994.
19 January: Dorothy Malone (1925-2018)
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 832, offered by Les Carbones Korès 'Carboplane'. Photo: Browning Studio H.P.S.
American actress Dorothy Malone was a dreamy-eyed beauty, who started her film career in Frank Sinatra musicals during the 1940s. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her sultry role in Written on the Wind (1956), but she was best known by the public as Constance MacKenzie in the TV series Peyton Place (1964-1968). Her final role was as Sharon Stone's mysterious friend in Basic Instinct (1992). Dorothy Malone was 92 (some sources say 93).
9 February: John Gavin (1931-2018)
French postcard.
American actor John Gavin died of leukaemia at the age of 86. In the late 1950s, he was hailed at Universal Pictures as a second coming of Rock Hudson. Gavin played Lana Turner's love interest in Douglas Sirk's remake of Imitation of Life (1959); portrayed Sam Loomis, who as Janet Leigh's boyfriend helps solves the mystery of Norman Bates, in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960); and was the object of Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore's affections in George Roy Hill's Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). He was almost signed on to play James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) but the role eventually returned to Sean Connery.
11 March: Siegfried Rauch (1932-2018)
German postcard by Franz Josef Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg. Photo: Chris Nowotny, Múnchen.
Siegfried Rauch was a popular German film and television actor. In the 1970s he appeared in several international films, including Le Mans (1971) as the rival of Steve McQueen at a Le Mans auto race. For over 60 years, Rauch acted in approximately 200 productions, and he remained active until his death. The 85-years-old Rauch died from injuries suffered when falling down stairs at a fire station near his home in Obersöchering near Munich.
12 March: Oleg Tabakov (1935-2018)
Russian postcard by Izdanije Byuro Propogandy Sovietskogo Kinoiskusstva, no. A 07154.
Oleg Tabakov was a renown Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre. Tabakov's film career was equally impressive with roles as Count Nikita Rostov in Voyna i mir I/War and Peace (1966-1967) by Sergei Bondarchuk, and as the title figure in Oblomow (1981) by Nikita Mikhalkov. He died from heart attack at the age 82.
24 March: Lys Assia (1924-2018)
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag, Minden/Westf.no. 2428. Photo: Teldec.
Swiss singer and actress Lys Assia was the winner of the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. The sparkling and beautiful grande dame of the German Schlager appeared as a singer in several films of the 1950s. Lys Assia was 94.
27 March: Stéphane Audran (1932-2018)
French postcard by St. Anne, Marseille. Photo: Sam Lévin.
French film and television actress Stéphane Audran was the cool and aristocratic looking star in Oscar winning films such as Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) and Babettes gæstebud/Babette's Feast (1987). She appeared in many films by director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol, who was her husband for 16 years. Stéphane Audran was 85.
21 May: Clint Walker (1927-2018)
Spanish postcard by Raker, no. 1155, 1965. Photo: publicity still for Cheyenne (1955-1962).
Heavy set, athletic Clint Walker was an American actor and singer. In the 1950s, Walker with his broad shoulders and slim waist almost single-handedly started the Western craze on TV in his role as Cheyenne Bodie in Cheyenne (1955-1962). During the 1960s he starred in several films, like the war drama The Dirty Dozen (1967). Clint Walker died of congestive heart failure in Grass Valley, California, nine days before his 91st birthday.
8 July: Tab Hunter (1931-2018)
British postcard in the Picturegoer series, London, no. D 126. Photo: R.K.O. Radio.
With his blond, tanned, surfer-boy good looks, Tab Hunter was one of Hollywood’s hottest teen idols of the 1950s era. The American actor, singer, and author portrayed boy-next-door marines, cowboys and swoon-bait sweethearts in many films, and had a huge hit with the song Young Love (1957). He hid his homosexuality and his relationship with actor Anthony Perkins. When his career faded during the 1960s, he starred in Spaghetti Westerns in Italy. In the 1980s, Hunter returned to the cinemas opposite Divine in the camp classics Polyester (1981) and Lust in the Dust (1985). Tab Hunter was 86.
21 September: Peter Bosse (1931-2018)
German Postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1276/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Dührkoop.
Actor, presenter and journalist Peter Bosse was a popular child star of the German cinema in the 1930s. The boy with his cheeky face made 28 films. His film career ended when WWII started. The Nazi’s didn’t permit him to act in films anymore on account of 'racial and ideological reasons'. After the war he followed acting classes and started to work as a stage actor in Berlin. Later he switched to the radio.
1 October: Charles Aznavour (1924-2018)
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 1008. Photo: Sam Lévin.
Armenian-French singer and actor Charles Aznavour passed away on 1 October. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring performers, he was also one of the most well-known singers in the world. The ‘Frank Sinatra of France’ was known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor voice. He appeared in more than 60 films, composed about 1,000 songs, and sold well over 100 million records. For his film work Aznavour was awarded a Honorary César (the French Oscar) in 1997. Aznavour was 94.
14 November: Rolf Hoppe (1930-2018)
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 61/70. Photo: publicity still for Tödlicher Irrtum/Fatal Error (Konrad Petzold, 1970).
On 14 November 2018, German stage and film actor Rolf Hoppe (1930-2018) passed away. With his huge shape and nearly bald head, Hoppe mainly played many funny characters like professors, wealthy patriarchs and aristocrats in East-German films and on TV. He was also the villain in several Easterns, produced by the DEFA, the official East-German film studio. Since 1963, Hoppe had appeared in over 300 stage plays, TV-series and films. He was 87.
19 November: Dominique Blanchar
Small West-German collectors card by Greiling Sammelbilder, Serie E, no. 93. Photo: Constantin-Film. Publicity still for Le secret de Mayerling/The Secret of Mayerling (Jean Delannoy, 1949).
French actress Dominique Blanchar passed away at the age of 91. The beautiful Parisienne was the daughter of the actors Pierre Blanchar and Marthe Vinot. Her career was focused on stage acting, and she made her debut in the 1940s. But she also worked for television and acted in several films. Her first film appearance was as Marie Vetsera in Le secret de Mayerling/The Secret of Mayerling (Jean Delannoy, 1949) opposite Jean Marais. Her best known film is probably the Italian classic L'Avventura/The Adventure (1960) directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Gabriele Ferzetti, and Monica Vitti.
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