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- Barry Cahill was born on 28 May 1921 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Hang 'Em High (1968), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and Tick, Tick, Tick (1970). He was married to Rachel Ames. He died on 9 April 2012 in Ventura, California, USA.
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In the early days of 1950s science-fiction, one of the first people to become identified with the genre was actor William Phipps. Aside from furnishing the voice of Prince Charming in Disney's cartoon classic Cinderella (1950), Phipps also hid his boyish face beneath a beard as the star of Arch Oboler's end-of-the-world melodrama Five (1951); made a token appearance in Oboler's The Twonky (1953); encountered Martians in both Invaders from Mars (1953) and The War of the Worlds (1953); and took on the Abominable Snowman as one of the leads in The Snow Creature (1954). Most notoriously, he even grappled with Moon maidens set on world conquest in the almost indescribable Cat-Women of the Moon (1953). Phipps was born in Vincennes, Indiana, and grew up in St. Francisville, Illinois; he knew from boyhood that he was destined to be an actor and appeared in several plays in grade school and at Eastern Illinois University. Hitchhiking to Hollywood in 1941, he worked on the stage and later in films, beginning with RKO's Crossfire (1947). Over the next 60 years he amassed a long list of film and TV credits; he also did commercials and voiceover work, including the narration for the special 190-minute TV version of David Lynch's Dune (1984).- Jeanne Baird was born on 28 March 1927 in Du Bois, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Northwest Passage (1958), The Living Christ Series (1951) and The Great Skycopter Rescue (1980). She was married to William Joseph Meyerink. She died on 31 August 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Viola Fletcher was born on 5 May 1914.
- Friedrich Grade was born on 29 March 1916 in Büdelsdorf, Germany. He died on 13 October 2023 in Bornheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Geneviève Callerot was born on 6 May 1916.
- Violet Hensley was born on 21 October 1916.
- Whang-Od was born on 17 February 1917. She is an actress, known for Treasure of the Rice Terraces, Food Roots (2023) and Skindigenous (2018).
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Elisabeth Waldo was born on 18 June 1918 in Yakima, Washington, USA. She is a composer and actress, known for Song of Mexico (1945), Lost on Paradise Island (1975) and Chac (1975). She was previously married to Carl Schaefer Dentzel.- Actress
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Adriana Sivieri was born on 21 June 1918 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Bitter Rice (1949), Vanità (1947) and Silenzio, si gira! (1943).- Brenda Milner was born on 15 July 1918 in Manchester, England, UK.
- María Cristina Camilo was born on 25 December 1918 in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic. She is an actress, known for Arrobá (2013), Mi novia está... de madre! (2007) and Un macho de mujer (2006).
- Norman Garbo was born on 15 February 1919 in Washington Heights, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Spy (1989). He was married to Rhoda Locke. He died on 20 December 2017 in Long Island, New York, USA.
- Maj-Britt Håkansson was born on 29 March 1919 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She is an actress, known for I brist på bevis (1943), Kvinnor i fångenskap (1943) and Snurriga familjen (1940). She was previously married to Luciano Frati.
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Caren Marsh was born in Los Angeles. Her sister, actress Dorothy Morris, was born Feb. 23, 1922. Getting into show business in 1937, Caren changed her name to Marsh because "there were too many people named Morris at the time." Caren's parents wanted her to go to college but she wanted to be a dancer. Learning of an audition for dancers at MGM she tried out and was cast in Eleanor Powell's "Rosalie" in '37. This led to more and more pictures as a dancer. "Being tiny (Caren is 5 ft.), I was a 'pony'. The tall girls are called showgirls." While working with great choreographers such as Busby Berkerley, Nick Castle and Hermes Pan, she was spotted at Metro and cast as Judy Garland's stand-in in "The Wizard of Oz" ('39). Her first real acting part was in an Army Signal Corps Hygiene film, "Pickup Girl" in '44. After gaining a foothold in Hollywood, Caren went to New York in '49 to work with ventriloquist Paul Winchell at the Capitol Theatre. Flying home to visit her parents, the plane went too low and crashed into a mountain.The aircraft was in level flight on its initial approach to Burbank, with its landing gear extended, when it descended below the officially prescribed altitude of 5,000 feet while flying in patchy fog. As a result, the plane's right wingtip struck a mountain ridge near Box Canyon in the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley, near Santa Susana Pass and the Los Angeles County-Ventura County border. The Curtiss C-46E-1-C airliner (N79978) spun 90 degrees, struck the ground, bounced back into the air and then crashed on a rugged hillside of the Simi Hills at an altitude of about 1,890 feet just north of the Chatsworth Reservoir. Both pilots, a flight attendant, and 32 passengers died in the crash, including two young children. The remaining flight attendant and 12 passengers escaped with moderate to serious injuries. Fortunately, Caren was one of those 12. In 1950 Caren married Bill Doll, producer Mike Todd's press agent, and traveled all over the world. Today, Caren lives in Palm Springs, has taught dancing and attends both western film festivals and "Wizard of Oz" reunions when she can.- Nancy Stratford was born on 12 June 1919.
- June Spencer was born on 14 June 1919 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Doctors (2000), The Archers (2007) and Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965). She was previously married to Roger Brocksom.
- Eleanor Collins was born on 21 November 1919 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She was an actress, known for Network (1963), Pacific 13 (1956) and The Jackie Rae Show (1955). She was married to Dick Collins . She died on 3 March 2024 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
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Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Brodel Franzalia, older sister to actress, Joan Leslie, turned 100 years old on February 5, 2020. Betty along with sisters Mary and Joan were actresses in Hollywood and Betty was in the following movies: 'Swing Hostess' (1944), 'Too Young to Know' (1945), 'Cinderella Jones' (Uncredited)(1946), 'Hollywood Canteen' (Uncredited)(1944), 'Cover Girl' (1944) and other roles. In 1948, Betty married Joe Franzalia. He passed away in 1999. Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Brodel Franzalia passed away early Sunday morning, March 3, 2024, peacefully, at age 104.- Klaus Obermeyer Sr. was born on 2 December 1919 in Oberstaufen, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for Huck Yeah! (2020), Freeriders (1998) and Outlook: Icons Revealed (2014).
- Marthe Cohn was born on 13 April 1920 in Metz, Moselle, France. She has been married to Lloyd Cohn since 1958. They have two children.
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Arnold Yarrow was born on 17 April 1920 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for EastEnders (1985), Doctor Who (1963) and Warship (1973).- Eileen Bennett was born on 8 July 1920 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Design for Murder (1939), Thursday's Child (1943) and Much Too Shy (1942). She was previously married to Col. Thomas West Hammond Jr..
- Emile Idée was born on 19 July 1920.
- Thanga Darlong was born on 20 July 1920 in Marui village, Tripura, British India. He died on 3 December 2023 in Kailashahar, Tripura, India.
- Bill Grayden was born on 5 August 1920 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He was previously married to Betsy Marie Chadwick.
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Norma Barzman was born on 15 September 1920 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Fanciulle di lusso (1952), Never Say Goodbye (1946) and Theatre 70 (1960). She was married to Ben Barzman and Claude Shannon. She died on 17 December 2023 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Nathaniel Thomas Allen Fiennes was born on 22 September 1920 in the United Kingdom.
- Luisa Garella was born on 6 January 1913 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for Grattacieli (1943), La scuola dei timidi (1941) and Il nemico (1943). She died on 28 September 1983 in Rome, Italy.
- Ágnes Keleti was born on 9 January 1921 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Hughes Van Ellis was born on 11 January 1921 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA. He was married to Mable V. Ellis. He died on 9 October 2023 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Rachel Dror was born on 19 January 1921.
- Elisabeth Kirkby was born on 26 January 1921 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Number 96 (1972), Love from a Stranger (1947) and Number 96 (1974).
- Mervin Shiner was born on 20 February 1921. He was an actor, known for Holiday Rhythm (1950). He died on 23 October 2023 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Jack Rader was born on 23 February 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Blob (1988), Outbreak (1995) and Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988).
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Ray Lawler was born on 23 May 1921 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer and actor, known for The Love School (1975), Season of Passion (1959) and Festival (1960).- Beulah Garrick was born on 12 June 1921 in Nottingham, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Guiding Light (1952) and The DuPont Show of the Month (1957). She was previously married to Bernard Pollock.
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Edgar Morin was born on 8 July 1921 in Paris, France. He is a writer and producer, known for Chronicle of a Summer (1961), The Hour of Truth (1965) and Lest We Forget (1991).- Ed Iskenderian was born on 10 July 1921.
- Patricia Wright was born on 15 July 1921 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952), Chained for Life (1952) and Scandal Incorporated (1956).
- A 100 year old Cape Townian Holocaust Survivor with a magnetic personality, boundless energy and a special zest for life. Having survived the atrocities of 3 concentration camps, Majdanek, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, she doesn't harbor any hatred. On the contrary, today she is a strong advocate for love, peace and understanding.
- Hers was one of the best known voices on the airwaves. By the age of 18, Barbra Deane Fuller had been featured in 25 radio serials and had by her own count portrayed more than 1000 different characters. Though having earlier aspired to become a math teacher, she went into show biz instead and made her first radio broadcast at 11 years of age. Two years later, she was playing more ingénues in Chicago soap operas than any other teenager. Barbra was a regular performer on The Theater of Famous Radio Players, described by an authority on the subject as "a repertory company of radio's best professional actors." Her most popular roles included Claudia in One Man's Family (a role she went on to play for 14 years) and Barbara Calkins in Scattergood Baines for the Mutual Broadcasting System. In 1942, she moved to New York, where she set up base for two and a half years.
Barbra's father died when she was three. Raised by her mother, she went to school in Chicago and was said to have had a passion for reading non-fiction and travel books. Early in her career as a radio actress she would earn $12.50 per broadcast. As her popularity grew, she changed the spelling of her first name from 'Barbara' to 'Barbra' "as an attention-getter".
She was a looker, to be sure, with blue eyes and brown hair (which, once her film career got started, tended to alternate in colour between platinum and brunette). Ambitious to try her hand at screen acting, Barbra relocated to California, settled in Beverly Hills and signed a short-term contract with Republic Studios in 1949. Unfortunately, her first picture was a strident propaganda piece, The Red Menace (1949), very much at the height of HUAC and McCarthyism. Producers had wanted an unknown for the role and Barbra's unaffected, sincere approach to acting suited their purpose. In retrospect, it was hardly the ideal career launch pad.
Barbra received star billing for her next feature, Flame of Youth (1949) (a drama about juvenile delinquency) and was then second-billed for a series of B-grade crime dramas and films noir: as a gangster's moll in Alias the Champ (1949), a double-crossing femme fatale in Harbor of Missing Men (1950), member of a narcotics gang in Women from Headquarters (1950) and a murder suspect in Trial Without Jury (1950). In 1950 alone, Barbra headlined in nine films, including several horse operas. Her most frequent leading man was the stalwart Republic contract player Robert Rockwell.
As her contract with Republic expired, Barbra turned freelance and worked mainly in television, guest starring in shows like Adventures of Superman (1952), Perry Mason (1957) and Daniel Boone (1964). She was briefly married to B-movie western star Lash La Rue, as number three of his nine (or, possibly, as many as twelve!) wives. She divorced him after 15 months, claiming he 'treated her mean'. - Iris Apfel was born on 29 August 1921 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Carl Apfel. She died on 1 March 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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Eddy Goldfarb was born on 5 September 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Barbie (1984), M.U.G.E.N (1999) and Hot Wheels (1985). He was previously married to Anita.- Betty Reid Soskin was born on 22 September 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Julia Dingwort-Nusseck was born on 6 October 1921 in Hamburg-Altona, Germany. She is a writer and director, known for Ohne Zukunft lebt sich's schlecht (1975), Das große Preiskarussell - Beinahe ein Wirtschaftswundermärchen (1962) and Pro & Contra (1968). She was previously married to Dingwort, Carl-Wolfgang.
- Wanda Póltawska was born on 2 November 1921 in Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland. She was a writer, known for The Island W, Television Theater (1953) and Macht der Wunder - Die Geheimnisse des Vatikans (2010). She was married to Andrzej Poltawska. She died on 24 October 2023 in Krakow, Poland.
- Margot Friedländer was born on 5 November 1921 in Berlin, Germany.
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Georg Stefan Troller was born on 10 December 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He is a writer and director, known for Schwierigkeiten beim Zeigen der Wahrheit? (1966), Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna (1986) and Pariser Journal (1961). He has been married to Kirsten Lerche since 1976. They have one child. He was previously married to Davina Wynne-Hughes.- Philippe de Gaulle was born on 28 December 1921 in Paris, France. He was married to Henriette de Montalembert de Cers. He died on 13 March 2024 in Paris, France.
- He was one of the "Ritchie Boys" recruited to a secret U.S. military intelligence program that helped defeat Nazi Germany, and later became a professor of German literature who focused on the stories of exiles and immigrants. He was the only member of his family who escaped Germany and thus survived the Holocaust.
He studied languages at Hofstra University. At Columbia University, he received a master's degree and a PhD, both in German. He served on the faculty at Denison University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Maryland, and Wayne State University. - Agathe Poschmann was born on 18 January 1922 in Bochum, Germany. She is an actress, known for Police Raid (1947).
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Ray Anthony (real name Raymond Antonini) was born in Bentleyville, PA, on Jan. 20, 1922. His family moved to Cleveland, where he spent most of his early life. There he studied trumpet with his father. From 1940-1941 he played in Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1942 and was discharged in 1946. He also played in the Jimmy Dorsey and Al Donahue bands before forming his own band in the Midwest. He was a summer replacement for Perry Como on both CBS and NBC. Anthony recorded for Capitol Records for 19 years and later ran another record company, Wood Records, for nine years. He was once married to actress Mamie Van Doren. His biggest hits were the themes from Dragnet (1951) and Peter Gunn (1958), along with being one of the top big bands of the post-WW2 era.- Morton Mintz was born on 26 January 1922.
- Alex Xydias was born on 22 March 1922.
- Alexandra Myskova was born on 4 April 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She is an actress, known for Distant Journey (1949), Romeo, Julie a tma (1960) and Zkouska pokracuje (1960).
- Deborah Szekely was born on 3 May 1922.
- Wei Wei was born on 17 May 1922 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. She was an actress, known for Spring in a Small Town (1948), The Great Reunion (1948) and Fire of Conscience (2010). She died on 2 November 2023 in Hong Kong, China.
- Gerald Holton was born on 23 May 1922.
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Annette Warren was born on 11 July 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Lured (1947), Sorrowful Jones (1949) and The Devil's Sleep (1949). She was previously married to Paul T. Smith.- Rachel Robinson was born on 19 July 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was previously married to Jackie Robinson.
- Bess Meisler was born on 19 July 1922 in the USA. She is an actress, known for My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) and Daddy Day Care (2003).
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Norman Lear enjoyed a long career in television and film, political and social activism, and philanthropy.
Born in 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lear flew 52 combat missions over Europe in World War II before beginning his television career. His classic shows of the 1970s and '80s - All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, among others - collectively reached as many as 120 million viewers per week and are said to have transformed the American cultural landscape, bringing the social and political issues of the day into American living rooms for the first time. With the rise of the radical religious right, Lear put his career on hold in 1980 to found People For the American Way, the nonprofit organization that remains a relevant and effective force defending all aspects of the First Amendment.
Lear was among the first seven television pioneers inducted in 1984 into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. In 1999, President Clinton presented him with the National Medal of Arts, noting that "Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it." His memoir, Even This I Get to Experience, was published in 2014, and the 2016 documentary Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You received an Emmy nomination as the representative program for the PBS American Masters series. In 2017, Lear received a Peabody Lifetime Achievement Award and was a Kennedy Center Honoree.
He was the father of six, the grandfather of four, and the husband of Lyn Davis Lear.- Sara Luzita was born on 11 August 1922 in Hanley, Staffordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Don't Spare the Horses (1952), Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) and Why Bother to Knock (1961).
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Peter Berkos was born on 15 August 1922 in Cicero, Illinois, USA. He is known for Slap Shot (1977), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Into the Night (1985). He was married to Sally Ann Berkos. He died on 2 January 2024 in Rancho Bernardo, California, USA.- Additional Crew
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Joe Caroff was born on 18 August 1922. He is known for The Secret of My Success (1987), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).- Actress
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Elegant, dark-haired Parisian Micheline Presle (billed in the U.S. as Micheline Prelle) was the daughter of a businessman whose surname was Chassagne. Taking acting classes as a teen, she was discovered by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and cast in Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) (portraying Jacqueline Presle, whose last name she chose as her own marquee name). Very early into her film career, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the "most promising young actress" in French cinema.
While Micheline proceeded to make movies during the Occupation with such offerings as Four Flights to Love (1939) (dual role), La comédie du bonheur (1940), Foolish Husbands (1941), La nuit fantastique (1942), Twilight (1944), and Paris Frills (1945), she was regarded as an important young French star in the post-war years when she appeared in the classic films Angel and Sinner (1945) and, in particular, Devil in the Flesh (1947), both gaining her world-wide notice.
After a brief post-war marriage to Michel Lefort, Micheline's second marriage to US actor-turned-producer William Marshall in 1949 led her to attempt Hollywood pictures. Receiving a 20th Century-Fox contract, none of the those pictures, which included Under My Skin (1950), American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) and Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951), the last one produced and directed by husband Marshall, captured the hearts of American audiences despite co-starring opposite Hollywood's top male superstars stars at the time -- John Garfield, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn.
Divorced in 1954, Micheline never truly adjusted to the Hollywood way of life and returned quite willingly to Paris with her daughter, the future actress/director Tonie Marshall. She would, however, return briefly to the US in the early 1960s to appear in the Dee/Darin comedy fluff If a Man Answers (1962) and the spy drama The Prize (1963).
The supremely talented Micheline continued to reign supreme back in Europe and appeared frequently on the stage as well. Some of her post-Hollywood films (mid-1950's on) included House of Ricordi (1954), Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) (as Madame de Pompadour), Her Bridal Night (1956), Demoniac (1957), Mistress of the World (1960), Imperial Venus (1962) (as Napoleon's Josephine), Dark Purpose (1964), The Nun (1966), King of Hearts (1966), Donkey Skin (1970), The Legend of Frenchie King (1971), A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973), A Young Emmanuelle (1976), Démons de midi (1979), Thieves After Dark (1983), Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986), High Finance Woman (1990), Fanfan (1993), Les Misérables (1995) and Diary of a Seducer (1996).
Into the millennium, Micheline graced a large number of French films such as Le coeur à l'ouvrage (2000), Charmant garçon (2001), Le diable dans la boîte (1977), Transfixed (2001), France Boutique (2003) (directed by daughter Tonie), Grabuge! (2005), Plein sud (2009), Just Like Brothers (2012) and her last, an unbilled part in Sex, Love & Therapy (2014).
Nominated for a supporting actress Cesar Award for her role as in the Venice Film Festival winner I Want to Go Home (1989), Micheline received an honorary César Award in 2004.- Roland Dumas was born on 23 August 1922 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France.
- Annabel Maule was born on 8 September 1922 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Out of Africa (1985), A Time of Day (1957) and The Tamer Tamed (1956).
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Joyous scene-stealer Janis Paige started out playing rather bland film ingénues, but never seemed to be comfortable in those roles--she had too much snap, crackle and pop to be confined in such a formulaic way.
Born Donna Mae Tjaden in 1922 in Tacoma, Washington, she was singing in public from age 5 in local amateur shows. She moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school and earned a job as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during the war years. The Canteen, which was a studio-sponsored gathering spot for servicemen, is where she was spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout, who saw potential in her and signed her up. She began co-starring in secondary musicals that often paired her with either Dennis Morgan or Jack Carson. Later she was relegated to rugged adventures and dramas that just seemed out of her element. Following her role in the forgettable Two Gals and a Guy (1951), she decided to leave the Hollywood scene. She took to the Broadway boards and scored a huge hit with the 1951 comedy-mystery play "Remains to Be Seen", co-starring Jackie Cooper. She also toured successfully as a cabaret singer, performing everywhere from New York to Miami to Las Vegas to Los Angeles. Definitive stardom came in 1954 with the feisty role of Babe in Broadway's "The Pajama Game" opposite John Raitt. Her old Warner Bros. rival Doris Day, however, was a bigger name and went on to play the role on film (The Pajama Game (1957)) with Raitt. After a six-year hiatus, Janis returned to films in tongue-and-cheek support, all but stealing Silk Stockings (1957) from co-stars Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. She then grabbed her share of laughs in a flashy role with the comedy Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) opposite Ms. Day. Janis carried on in summer stock, playing such indomitable roles as Annie Oakley in "Annie Get Your Gun", Margo Channing in "Applause", Mama Rose in "Gypsy" and Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls". From the mid-'50s on, Janis also tapped into TV with such series as It's Always Jan (1955), Lanigan's Rabbi (1976) and Trapper John, M.D. (1979). In the 1990s, among other TV appearances, she had recurring roles on the daytime serials General Hospital (1963) and Santa Barbara (1984). Married three times, she was the widow of Disney composer Ray Gilbert, who wrote the classic children's song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah."- Yang Chen-Ning was born on 22 September 1922 in Hofei, Anwhei, China.
- Jack Hausman was born on 30 September 1922 in the USA. He is an actor, known for The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Rich Kids (1979) and Taking Off (1971).
- Pauline Clayden was born on 12 October 1922 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Producers' Showcase (1954) and Dancing in the Blitz: How World War 2 Made British Ballet (2014).
- Peter Demetz was born on 21 October 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was married to Hanna. He died on 30 March 2024 in the USA.
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Juli Lynne was born on 26 October 1922 in The Bronx, New York, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Philip Charlot. She died on 3 March 2024 in Tepoztlán, Mexico.- Warm, charming leading lady of 1940s films, Jacqueline White was under contract to both MGM (which wasted her in mostly unbilled bits) and then RKO, where she appeared in two classics--Crossfire (1947) and The Narrow Margin (1952). RKO used her as a second lead in A pictures and leading roles in Bs.
She retired in 1950 upon her marriage to Bruce Anderson and they relocated to Wyoming, where her husband started an oil business. When she returned to Los Angeles for the birth of her first child, she was spotted in the RKO commissary visiting friends by director Richard Fleischer and producer Stanley Rubin, who offered her a co-starring role in "The Narrow Margin". The film, widely acknowledged to be one of the classics of "film noir", sat on the RKO shelf for two years while studio boss Howard Hughes considered whether to extensively edit it or re-shoot it as an "A" with Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. Eventually, selected scenes were reshot and added in December 1951, nearly a year after the film had originally wrapped--she was flown out from her home in Casper, Wyoming, for these added scenes--and the film was, thankfully, spared any more of Hughes' "improvements". It was released mostly intact due to director Fleischer's striking a deal with Hughes to release the picture without further changes in return for Fleischer's reshooting the end of His Kind of Woman (1951).
Long retired from the film industry, Jacqueline has recently begun appearing at film festivals and conventions. - Niels Holst Sørensen was born on 19 December 1922. He died on 24 October 2023.
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Jean Malaurie was born on 22 December 1922 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Civilisations (1969), La Saga des Inuit (2007) and Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire (1995). He was married to Monique Laporte. He died on 5 February 2024 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France.- Octave Landuyt was born on 26 December 1922 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium.
- Virginia Halas McCaskey was born on 5 January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Perry J. Dahl was born on 18 February 1923.
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María Victoria was born on 26 February 1923 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Unos granujas decentes (1980), Cupido pierde a Paquita (1955) and Sortilegio (2009).- Madeleine Arbour was born on 3 March 1923 in Granby, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for La Boîte à Surprise (1956), Nursery School Time (1958) and Les enfants de Refus global (1998).
- Lino Murolo was born on 18 March 1923 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for Dirty Weekend (1973), Cuore (1984) and Dagli archivi della polizia criminale (1973).
- Mumtaz Begum was born on 7 April 1923 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She was an actress, known for Mahabharat (1965), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) and Dahej (1950). She died on 9 March 2002 in Mumbai, India.
- Francis Graham-Smith was born on 25 April 1923.
- Otto Nawrocki was born on 29 April 1923.
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Ralph Senensky was born on 1 May 1923 in Mason City, Iowa, USA. He is a director and production manager, known for Star Trek (1966), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Mission: Impossible (1966).- Actor
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Heinz Alfred grew up in his hometown, where he attended school. When the persecution of the Jewish population in Germany intensified as a result of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in January 1933, he emigrated to the USA with his parents Paula Stern and Ludwig Kissinger in 1938. Kissinger attended high school in New York City. A little later he had to help support the family by working in a factory, which is why he switched to night school. In 1943 Kissinger received US citizenship. He then served in the Army until 1946, for which he was deployed in Germany. After the end of the war, Kissinger initially stayed in Europe, where he worked as a lecturer at the European Command Intelligence School in Oberammergau. In 1947, Kissinger returned to the United States to enroll at Harvard University. In 1952 he completed his master's degree there. Two years later he received his doctorate. phil.
From 1952 to 1969, Kissinger headed the summer university at his university called the Harvard International Seminar. Here he got to know many foreign authorities with whom he would later have to deal as a foreign policy expert. In 1957 he was appointed lecturer and in 1962 professor at Harvard, where he held a full teaching position until 1965. Kissinger's entry into a decidedly political activity dates back to the early 1960s. Under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, he served as an advisor to the National Security Council until 1962 and as an advisor on disarmament issues until 1967. In 1965 he was appointed as an advisor to the State Department, which had to deal with the situation in Vietnam. In the following two years, Kissinger visited Vietnam several times. In 1969, President Richard Nixon elevated the veteran foreign policy expert to head the National Security Council. In this position, which he held until 1975, Kissinger opposed the policy of reconciliation and rapprochement that Kennedy and Johnson had previously initiated towards the Soviet Union.
Nevertheless, as one of his first foreign policy successes, he contributed to the conclusion of the SALT negotiations with the USSR, which culminated in the signing of the treaty by Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow. Kissinger also played a role in bringing about the agreement on the four-power status of West Berlin, which was reached on September 3, 1971 and contributed significantly to facilitating exchange and travel between both parts of the city. Kissinger also had a great influence on the secret diplomatic preparations that led to a rapprochement between the USA and the People's Republic of China under Nixon's presidency. When faced with the Vietnam problem, Kissinger sought to protect US interests with a policy of military strength, which brought him the most criticism. Nevertheless, he reached a ceasefire with Le Duc Tho in 1973, which earned both the Nobel Peace Prize and initiated the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam. In 1973, Kissinger was promoted to Secretary of State under Nixon. After his resignation as a result of the Watergate affair, he was confirmed in this position for the entire term of office of the successor Gerald Rudolph Ford from 1974 to 1977.
As Foreign Minister, Kissinger tried to mediate between the Arab and Israeli sides, especially in the Middle East conflict, through intensive travel known as "shuttle diplomacy". This enabled him, among other things, In 1974 the conclusion of the troop disengagement agreement. After Kissinger left the ministerial office as a result of Ford's election defeat in 1977, he founded the consulting firm "Kissinger Associates, Inc." in 1982, which produces analyzes for governments and commercial companies worldwide. In 1987 Kissinger was awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen. After the upheavals of 1989/90 in the former Eastern Bloc states, Kissinger campaigned for the maintenance of the transatlantic alliance systems between the USA and Europe, for the rapid reunification of Germany and the continuation of European unification. He continued to speak out through numerous publications. In 2001 his treatise "Does America Need a Foreign Policy?" was published. In 2005 he received the Bavarian Order of Merit. In 2007, Kissinger was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit.
Henry Kissinger died on November 29, 2023 in Kent.- Music Department
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Phil Nimmons was born on 3 June 1923 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Phil was a composer, known for A Dangerous Age (1957), Folio (1955) and A Cool Sound from Hell (1959). Phil was married to Noreen Liëse Spencer. Phil died on 5 April 2024 in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.- Actress
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Françoise Sullivan was born on 10 June 1923 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Le curé de village (1949), Nominingue... depuis qu'il existe (1968) and Sullivan (2010). She was previously married to Paterson Ewen.- Kari Polanyi Levitt was born on 14 June 1923.
- Josep Vallverdú was born on 9 July 1923 in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
- Vic Seixas was born on 30 August 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Glynis Johns was the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns. Best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation, Glynis was born in South Africa while her parents were on tour there (her mother was a concert pianist) but was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the female lead (opposite Richard Burton) in the classic Under Milk Wood (1971). She was probably best known for her role as the suffragette mother in Mary Poppins (1964) although she is probably best loved for her fishy roles in Miranda (1948) and Mad About Men (1954). She had earlier showed she could take on the serious roles as well as in Frieda (1947). Most recently seen (at the time of writing) in Superstar (1999). Johns died in 2024, aged 100, having never received the damehood she had richly deserved for decades. Predeceased by her only son, she was survived by a grandson,Thomas Forwood, and three great-grandchildren.- Writer
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Józef Hen is a writer and director. He attended pedagogical school in USSR and Political Military Academy in Lublin, Poland. He was a soldier between 1944-1952. He made his debut as commentator in 1944, since 1958 he has collaborated with cinematography. He is a member and activist of Polish Writers' Association, member of PEN Club and Polish Filmmakers' Association. He is a laureate of many awards for his artistic activity.- With the outbreak of war Vincent left his job with the Australian General Electric Company and became a pilot with the Australian Air Force in England. He returned to Australia and his old job in 1945 but couldn't settle. He tried amateur dramatics but his dialect was a mixture of Australian, Cockney, due to his stay in London, and Canadian with having mixed with Canadian forces. To correct his accent he had elocution lessons which resulted in him marrying his teacher, Doreen, and them having a daughter, Catherine. With his diction corrected he wrote letters asking for auditions. One of these was to the Rank Organisation who replied asking him to call and see them if he was in the neighbourhood. He got a job as a stoker on a cargo ship but the journey took six months instead of the expected six weeks. Undaunted tough he presented himself at Ranks offices where impressed with his enthusiasm they gave him a job as stand in for Donald Houston in an underwater fight with an octopus in the film The Blue Lagoon. He then won a scholarship to RADA from where he went into rep working his way up to juvenile lead in Rain Before Seven, Barnett's Folly and Nitro. He got a few bit parts in films before moving into slightly larger parts in such as A Town Like Alice, Robbery Under Arms,and Danger Within. He moved back to Australia in the 70's appearing in various TV series and films such as Breaker Morant, Phar Lap and Muriel's Wedding
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Johnny Pate was born on 5 December 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a composer, known for Shaft in Africa (1973), Brother on the Run (1973) and Super Fly (1972).- Actor
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Tommy Dix was born Thomas Paine Brittain Navard in New York City. He attended the High School of Music & Art that New York mayor Florello H. LaGuardia had established, and became a national sensation when he appeared on Major Bowes' Amateur Hour in 1936. After being chosen to sing "Buckle Down, Winsocki" in the 1941 Broadway musical "Best Foot Forward" he recorded the song with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, and the 78 rpm record was a major hit.
MGM bought the film rights to "Best Foot Forward" and hired a number of the Broadway cast members to be in the movie. Tommy was one of them, but when they got to Hollywood it was decided to give Tommy the lead role so his character could sing the rousing fight song "Buckle Down, Winsocki" at the end of the movie. The final cost of making "Best Foot Forward" (one of only four Technicolor movies made by MGM that year) was $1,410,850. Gross box office receipts for the movie were $2,704,000.
Tommy entered the military in September 1943, but suffered medical problems when his childhood Celiac disease flared up again. He reluctantly accepted a medical discharge and became a successful nightclub performer for the rest of the 1940s. He married Margaret Ann "Maggie" Grayson in the summer of 1946 with whom he had two children (Grayson and Brittain).
In 1950, Tommy quit Show Business and went to work for his father-in-law who owned a successful construction & lumber business in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1959, after 13 years of marriage, Tommy and his wife divorced and Tommy went into the construction/real estate business in Florida where he was very successful.
Tommy now lives in Virginia.- Mike Nussbaum was born on 29 December 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Men in Black (1997), Fatal Attraction (1987) and House of Games (1987). He was married to Julie Brudlos and Annette Tobey Brenner. He died on 23 December 2023 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.