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Born on March 13, 1920, in the coastal community of Sea Isle City, New Jersey, to a working class family she began her career in 1939 as a professional dress model for the prestigious William Thornton Agency in New York City, New York, not long after her high school graduation. While doing a fashion show in Manhattan, New York, one fateful day in 1942 she was plucked out of the blue by a Hollywood talent scout who brought her out to California for some screen testing.
She made her debut, uncredited, as 'Miss November' in the 1943 Dubarry Was a Lady in the 'Esquire Girl' musical number with Red Skelton. Although her work was mostly uncredited she appeared in over twenty motion pictures between 1943 and 1952, and later made a name for herself as a high demand pin-up girl and cheesecake model ranking as one of the seven out of ten most popular pin-up girls during World War II.
Her other screen appearances included ''Girl Crazy'' (1943), ''Thrill of a Romance'' (1945), ''The Harvey Girls'' (1946), ''Up Goes Maisie'' (1946), ''Lured'' (1947), ''Homecoming'' (1948), and ''An American in Paris'' (1951). She also supplemented her income working as the official stand-in for fellow red-headed actresses 'Maureen O'Hara' and Susan Hayward during the later half of the 1940s.
In 1952, she retired from movie appearances following her marriage to a wealthy physician and spent the remainder of her life living in Trinity County, California, keeping busy as a mother, was active in Democrat politics, vacationing around the United States, and doing constant work with St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, The March of Dimes, and Catholic Charities. Her son later went on to become a successfully prosperous plastic surgeon. During her time in Hollywood, she became a close personal friend of actress Lynn Merrick and the two remained in contact until Merrick's death in 2007. French passed away from issues relating to congestive heart failure on September 27, 2009, at the age of 89. She was survived by her son, daughter in law, and several grand and great-grandchildren. As per her last will and testament, there was no funeral service nor any public memorials.- Actor
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is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler, currently working for WWE as a trainer for their developmental territory, NXT. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Corino has held 50 titles in his career. Corino began wrestling in 1994 and spent four years working on the independent circuit. During this time, he was a part of the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, a promotion run by Matt and Jeff Hardy. Corino began an anti-hardcore gimmick on the independent circuit, because he felt he would have more chance of getting work if he did not work hardcore matches. He gained experience, working in Puerto Rico for the WWC, working under the ring name Lightning Kid (which had been a gimmick previously used by Sean Waltman) and also made some appearances for the WWF as a jobber. On December 3 in New York City at Steel Cage Warfare, Homicide lost to Corino in a rematch from their feud of 2003 after Colt Cabana, under a mask, interfered in the match. During the match, Homicide separated his shoulder, but opted not to have surgery. As a result of his injury, Homicide was unable to compete at the following show, Final Battle 2005. He did show up, however, but with the intent on killing Steve Corino. Following Corino's match, Homicide ran down to the ring and attacked him. Colt Cabana ran down to the ring to save Corino, only to have Homicide pour Drano down his throat.
He returned to ROH in August 2006 after a long absence, reigniting his feud with Homicide. The feud culminated on November 4 in Philadelphia, at The Bitter End when Homicide beat Corino in a Fight Without Honor. Although the two still hated each other, they shook hands after the match and Corino allowed Homicide to shave his head.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Melvin Pukowsky was born on 7 July 1959 in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, USA. He is known for We Own the Night (2007), The Siege (1998) and Across the Universe (2007).