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- Actress
- Music Department
Of Scottish descent, Catherine McLeod was a self-confessed movie fan as a child of the Depression. Born on July 2, 1921, in Santa Monica, California, she was a convent trained. She became a theater cashier in Dallas for a time before returning to Los Angeles and studying at an acting school. A talent scout discovered her in a play and signed her to an MGM contract in 1944.
She was typically cultivated in small bit roles which culminated in the finest showcase of her career. In the sudsy romancer, I've Always Loved You (1946), which was set to classical music, Catherine has to grow from a naive 18-year-old girl to an embittered 45-year-old woman. In comparison, most of her co-starring "B" roles were not only loanouts but less demanding in scope. She played Elizabeth Taylor older sister in Courage of Lassie (1946); Don Ameche's love interest in the weepie That's My Man (1947); the female lead in a pair of Bill Elliott's western vehicles, The Fabulous Texan (1947) and Old Los Angeles (1948); a nurse opposite psychiatrist Paul Henreid in So Young, So Bad (1950); the second lead in the Anne Baxter starrer My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Robert Clarke's damsel in distress in the swashbuckling adventure Sword of Venus (1953); and another second lead (behind Jean Peters) in the film noir A Blueprint for Murder (1953).
Finding her film career non-fulfilling, she settled into plays and television anthologies ("Lux Theatre," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Alcoa Theatre"), crime programs ("Richard Diamond," "Perry Mason," "77 Sunset Strip") and westerns ("Bronco," "Colt .45," "Maverick") in the mid-1950s and 60's. She also focused more strongly on her second marriage (to actor Don Keefer in 1950, and their three sons, Don (born 1953), John (born 1955) and Tom (born 1962). John and Tom would find work behind the scenes in later years.
Catherine gravitated toward soap operas into the next decade and was seen on such daytime programs as Search for Tomorrow (1951), General Hospital (1963) and Days of Our Lives (1965). In commercials, she is best remembered for her aching headache plug for Anacin in which she is cooking and loses patience over the stove, saying, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" Her last appearance on film was a bit part in the sordid thriller Lipstick (1976). She died on May 21, 1997, aged 75.- Howard Morton was born on 15 May 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Munsters Today (1987), Tarzan (1966) and Gimme a Break! (1981). He died on 11 May 1997 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Producer
- Set Decorator
- Additional Crew
Brenda Hosbrook was born in Dayton, Ohio on August 5th, 1936. In 1960, she met and fell in love with comedian George Carlin and on June 3rd, 1961, they married (George proposed in January). Two years and Twelve days after their marriage, their first and only daughter, Kelly, was born. She remained with George for 34 years until her death from liver cancer on May 11, 1997.- Genine Graham was born on 9 December 1923 in Edmonton, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hell Below Zero (1954), Mystery at the Burlesque (1949) and Idol of Paris (1948). She was married to John Witty. She died on 11 May 1997 in Charing Cross Hospital, London, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Hans Bradtke was born on 21 July 1920 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Matchstick Men (2003) and Definitely, Maybe (2008). He died on 11 May 1997 in Berlin, Germany.- Soundtrack
Ernie Fields was born on 26 August 1905 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He died on 11 May 1997 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Peter Stackpole was born on 15 June 1913 in San Rafael, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Adventure Construction Set (1985), The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) and Secret Lives (1995). He died on 11 May 1997 in Novato, California, USA.- Lothar Scholz, born in Brandenburg, grew up with his parents in Breslau until World War two forced his mother and himself to follow a track of refugees to Berlin. Here he grew up and - as a child - joined the children's casting for the film "Emil and the Detektive" which was published in 1994. As a "true Berliner" he refused to join the children casted to join the crowd and asked to become a role in which he was allowed to speak. His courage was awarded: He had a small role as Hotel Boy (Page) in the Hotel where the evil character of the movie rented a room during his stay in Berlin. This was the only movie in which he participated. In his education he was first fascinated by industrial design and worked with Ridu Busse, founder of busse design ulm before he studied economics and started his career at ifo insitute for economic research where he developed the "Innovation Test" as annex for the regular "Konjunkturtest" performed by the institute to measure economic moods of industry. He as well contributed as author in several economic studies in topics around innovation and impact of technologies on economy. At the age of 54 he died in may 1997.