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- Actress
Tatzumbia Dupea was born on 26 July 1849 in Lone Pine, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 26 February 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alice Seeley Harris was born on 24 May 1870 in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. She was married to John Hobbis Harris. She died on 24 November 1970 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK.
- Louie Pounds was a late-Victorian actress and singer. She is perhaps most famous for appearing with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company between 1899 and 1903 and a mezzo-soprano chorister, later taking the principal roles of Kate in "The Pirates of Penzance" and the eponymous role in "Iolanthe". Her brother was Courtice Pounds, who was Principal Tenor with the D'Oyly Carte. Her sisters Lily, Nancy and Rosy also sang with the company.
- Bertrand Russell was born on 18 May 1872 in Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Reductio: Adventures in Ideas (2019), Filosofix (2018) and Aman (1967). He was married to Edith Finch, Patricia Spence, Dora Russell and Alys Pearsall. He died on 2 February 1970 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales, UK.
- Harry Jones was born on 1 September 1872 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Injustice (1919). He died on 27 August 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- David O. McKay was born on 8 September 1873 in Huntsville, Utah, USA. He died on 18 January 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Costume Designer
- Production Designer
Eugen Probst was born on 14 December 1873 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland. Eugen was a costume designer and production designer, known for William Tell (1924). Eugen died on 15 August 1970 in Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland.- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ilmari Kianto was born on 7 May 1874 in Pulkkila, Finland. He was a writer and actor, known for Ryysyrannan Jooseppi (1955), Punainen viiva (1959) and Metsolat (1993). He was married to Mirjam Lähteinen, Elsa Maria Karppinen and Hildur Molnberg. He died on 27 April 1970 in Helsinki, Finland.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Charles Paton was born on 31 July 1874 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Blackmail (1929), My Wife''s Family (1931) and A Sister to Assist 'Er (1938). He died on 10 April 1970 in Harrow, London, England, UK.- Connie Smith was born on 29 April 1875 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), ITV Television Playhouse (1955) and All God's Chillun' Got Wings (1946). She was married to Levi Augustus Smith. She died on 11 May 1970 in London, England, UK.
- Lilian Moubrey was born on 15 May 1875 in Strand, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Puck of Pook's Hill (1951), World Theatre (1959) and Charlesworth (1959). She died on 11 November 1970 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Karl Gustav Ossiannilsson was born on 30 July 1875 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. He was a writer and actor, known for Turn of the Century (1944), En ung mans väg (1919) and A Love Story (1970). He died on 14 March 1970.- Writer
- Editorial Department
- Additional Crew
Marion Fairfax, movie screenwriter and Broadway playwright, was born Marion Neiswanger in Richmond, Virginia, on October 25, 1875. After graduating from Chicago's South Division High School she went on to Emerson College in Boston. She went on the boards briefly as an actress before focusing her theatrical ambitions on writing.
In 1899 Fairfax married actor Tully Marshall, who was born Tully Marshall Phillips. Although she was known as Mrs. Tully Marshall and Marion Fairfax Marshall Phillips, she wrote under the name Marion Fairfax. She made her Broadway debut as an actress at the Criterion Theatre in "The Triumph of Love," which opened and closed on February 8, 1904, after one performance. Her first produced Broadway play was "The Builders," which was produced by her husband's Tully Marshall Company and featured him in the cast. It opened at the Astor Theatre on May 20, 1907, and ran a total of 16 performances.
Her next play, "The Chaperon", was more successful. It opened at Maxine Elliott's Theatre on December 30, 1908, and racked up a total of 62 performances. Her next play, "The Talker", was more successful still, with more than twice as many performance as her previous effort. Marion herself directed "The Talker", which featured her husband in the cast. Opening at the Harris Theatre on January 8, 1912, the play had a run of 144 performances.
Her next play, "A Modern Girl", written in collaboration with Ruth C. Mitchell and produced by the Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.), was a flop, closing after 17 performances after opening at the Comedy Theatre on September 12, 1914. Her next play would duplicate the run of of its predecessor, as well as the venue: "Mrs. Boltay's Daughters" lasted but 17 performances at the Comedy after opening on Oct 23, 1915.
Fairfax moved to California and became a screenwriter at the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. The first movie made from script of hers appeared in 1915, The Chorus Lady (1915), and was followed that year by two others made from her scenarios, Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (1915) and The Immigrant (1915). In 1916 she began a short collaboration with director William C. de Mille with The Blacklist (1916), which he co-wrote with Fairfax as well as directed. From 1916 through 1918 they collaborated on nine other films.
In 1917 Fairfax wrote the screenplay for the Jack Pickford picture Freckles (1917), directed by Marshall Neilan. Three years later she left Lasky after writing the Wallace Reid vehicle The Valley of the Giants (1919) and hooked up again with Neilan, working on his The River's End (1920). The movie was made by Neilan's own production company, and released through First National. They followed it up with another six films in 1920 and 1921, including Don't Ever Marry (1920) and The Lotus Eater (1921) starring John Barrymore. Their last film together was Fools First (1922).
After helping adapt William Gillette's play based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories for Sherlock Holmes (1922) for Goldwyn Pictures, with John Barrymore playing the famed detective, Fairfax directed her first and only film, from her own script, The Lying Truth (1922), starring husband Tully Marhsall. The movie was produced by her own Marion Fairfax Productions, of which she was president, for the Eagle Producing Co. and it was distributed by American Releasing Co.
Her greatest accomplishment as a screenwriter was the script for the classic The Lost World (1925), adapted from the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. She adapted her own Broadway play The Talker (1925) for First National. Her last credited screenplay was for the romance The Blonde Saint (1926), directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Lewis Stone, who headlined four other of her First National pictures.
Tully Marshall passed away on March 10, 1943. Marion Fairfax died on Otober 2, 1970, and was laid to rest in a grave next to her husband at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.- Titian haired, full figured, voluptuous Dorothy Vernon had a career that spanned from the early days of moving pictures through the boxed screen known as television.
Whether it was a comedy, a western, a musical or whatever was needed, Dorothy did it all. Her unforgettable glow and her almost heavenly serene appearance was the focal point of many western square dances, slapstick sequences, or horrid haunts.
One film historian noted that he had seen Vernon in so many PRC westerns that he started to believe that she was Charles King's out of work mother.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what you watch from the 1920s - 1950, chances are eventually you'll run into the small lady with the big presence. - Richard Neill was born on 12 November 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The King of the Kongo (1929), The Unfortunate Marriage (1917) and The Fighting Coward (1924). He died on 8 April 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Nora Bush was born on 13 November 1875 in Johnson, Scotland County, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Valley of Vengeance (1944), Dragnet (1951) and My Little Margie (1952). She died on 22 April 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Torborg Schønberg was born on 5 December 1875 in Vigmostad, Norway. She was an actress, known for Suicide Mission (1954). She died on 1 February 1970 in Bergen, Norway.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Beulah Marie Dix was born on 24 January 1876 in Kingston, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for The Fighting Blade (1923), College Scandal (1935) and The Hostage (1917). She was married to George H. Flebbe. She died on 25 September 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Beautiful brunette star of the early American cinema Lily Branscombe born Lillian Rodman in Cartertown, New Zealand in 1876. Lily began on the Australian theatre in the 1890's. Arrived in the US in the mid 1900's. Lily starred and supported in at least 50 drama and comedy movies for the Essanay Film Company between 1911-13. Lily starred opposite a number of early male stars including Harry Cashman and John Steppling, but her most successful leading star was Francis X. Bushman whom she appeared with several times in romantic dramas and comedies.
- American character actor of rustic types, Si Jenks was born Howard Hansell Jenkins in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1876, to John (a shopkeeper) and Catherine Jenkins. He was the sixth of seven children. Little is known of his boyhood. At 21, on 21 April 1898, the first day of the Spanish-American War, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard (Co. F, 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry). He served until October, 1898 (two months following the end of the war), but never left the U.S. during his tour of duty. The following January, he enlisted for three years in the U.S. Army, but only served eight months, as an artilleryman, again without leaving the U.S. He returned to Norristown in 1899 after his military service and worked at a local inn as a hostler through at least 1904. At some point, he developed an interest in entertainment as a career. By 1919, he was married to Victoria Allen, with whom he teamed up in a vaudeville act called "Small Town Wise Crackers." They toured the Orpheum Circuit, appearing in 45 theatres in 36 cities across the U.S. At some point, the marriage and the act broke up, and Jenkins, now billing himself as Si Jenks, continued with a variety of new partners in the act. In 1922, the tour landed him in Los Angeles. Comic actor-director Al St. John, whose later career as a bearded Western sidekick would come to resemble Jenks's, gave the 46-year-old vaudevillian small parts in a couple of his comedy shorts at Fox, where Jenks also was also cast in his first feature film, John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) After a lapse of a couple of years, Jenks came to the attention of Mack Sennett, who put Jenks to work in some 15 pictures over the next decade. Jenks's most familiar roles called for him to work without his dentures and with a scrubby beard, and he quickly found work in a large number of mainly comedic roles, primarily in Westerns. Despite his familiarity as bearded sidekick types, he never achieved the fame of a George 'Gabby' Hayes or Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, but he was very much of a type with those actors. Largely in smaller roles, Jenks made over 220 films, as well as a handful of TV episodes, over the course of his thirty-year career. He retired in 1954 at 78 and lived much of the rest of his life with his wife and fellow ex-vaudevillian, British actress Lilian Hartford, at the Motion Picture Country House & Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He died there of heart disease at 93, on 6 January 1970. She followed him in death at age 100, in 1983.
- Prudencia Grifell, was a popular stage and film actress who began her career in Venezuela at the age of 10, where her parents, who were Spanish stage actors were appearing. She began by playing ingenous in Operettas and musical comedies, working throughout Latin America and her native Spain where she was very much in demand. By the early 1900s she appeared in all types of stage plays and had become very popular. In 1905 she moved to Mexico where she became a popular and respected stage actress, but her tours would take her throughout the Spanish speaking world. In the meantime she gave birth to five children all of whom went on to become actors. After the outbreak of the Spanish civil war in the late 30s, she chose in 1940 to settle permanently in Mexico. That year, at the age of 61, she also appeared in her first film, which would lead to a prolific career as a popular and much loved character star actress. She usually played sweet lovable grandmother types as well as more feisty parts. She began by playing character parts but by the mid 50s, in her seventies, she became very popular, and began doing leading parts for which she won many awards. By the early 60s she began appearing on Mexican television in soap operas and television shows, and was active well into her 80s, and by 1968 all five of her children had predeceased her. In a career that ran for almost eight decades, she will always be remembered as one of the most beloved and respected actresses of Mexican cinema.
- Hjalmar Schacht was born on 22 January 1877 in Tinglev, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [now Denmark]. He died on 4 June 1970 in Munich, West Germany [now Germany].
- Henryk Barwinski was born on 23 April 1877 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Milosc przez ogien i krew (1924). He died on 8 December 1970 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Jean Comandon was born on 3 August 1877 in Jarnac, Charente, France. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Crayfish (1914), A Friend of Birds (1913) and The Hosts of the Sea (1914). He died on 30 October 1970 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Additional Crew
Hedvig Lenkey was born on 4 August 1877 in Petresd (Petresti) Romania. Hedvig is known for A táncz (1901). Hedvig died on 18 July 1970 in Tasmania, Australia.- Laura Knight was born on 4 August 1877 in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was married to Harold Knight. She died on 7 July 1970 in London, England, UK.
- Andrejs Upits (1877-1970) was a Latvian writer, poet, teacher, playwright and Communist public figure, who was born in Skriveri. His first work appeared in the newspaper Majas viesis in 1892. Upits' most notable works include Zala zeme (The Green Land, 1945) and Sunu ciema zeni (Boys of Moss Village, 1940). The latter was used as the script for the animation film Laimes lacis (Bear of Happiness, 1985).
- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Hanns Walter Kornblum was born on 8 February 1878 in Neuteich, West Prussia, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Our Heavenly Bodies (1920), Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitäts-Theorie (1922) and The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923). He died on 17 January 1970 in Berlin, West Germany.- Director
- Cinematographer
A. James Gee was born on 6 April 1878 in Salford, England, UK. A. James was a director and cinematographer, known for Den heldige Frier (1908) and Copenhagen by Night (1910). A. James died on 3 July 1970.- Music Department
- Producer
Fortune Gallo was born on 9 May 1878 in Torremaggiore, Puglia, Italy. He was a producer, known for I pagliacci (1931) and This Is Your Life (1950). He was married to Sofia Charlebois. He died on 28 March 1970 in New York City, New York, USA.- E.M. Forster was born on 1 January 1879 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Howards End (1992), A Room with a View (1985) and The Machine Stops (2009). He died on 7 June 1970 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean-David Évremond was born on 3 April 1879 in Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. He was an actor and assistant director, known for La ronde de nuit (1925), L'homme qui vendit son âme au diable (1921) and Gossette (1923). He died on 2 December 1970 in Paris, France.- Costume Designer
Adele Crinley was born on 18 July 1879 in Missouri, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Suds (1920) and Through the Back Door (1921). She died on 29 January 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Karola Zala was born on 1 October 1879 in Nagyvárad, Hungary [now Oradea, Romania]. She was an actress, known for Donaumelodien (1936), The Little Pastry Shop (1935) and Uz Bence (1938). She died on 13 January 1970 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Margaret Damer was born on 13 December 1879 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935), Tin Gods (1932) and Out of the Past (1933). She was married to Jackson Wilcox. She died on 13 April 1970 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Director
Nancy Price was born on 3 February 1880 in Kinver, Worcestershire, England, UK. She was an actress and director, known for The Speckled Band (1931), The Stars Look Down (1940) and Down Our Street (1932). She was married to Charles Maude. She died on 31 March 1970 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.- Sándor Szõke was born on 2 March 1880 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Soldiers of the Emperor (1918), A Népfölkelö (1914) and A szökött katona (1915). He died on 22 September 1970 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Animation Department
- Producer
- Writer
Herbert M. Dawley was born on 15 March 1880. He was a producer and writer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1924), Jack and the Beanstalk (1924) and Silliettes (1923). He was married to LaVerne. He died on 15 August 1970 in New Providence, New Jersey, USA.- Mary Barton was born on 21 March 1880 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Under Your Hat (1940) and Police Surgeon (1971). She was married to Tristan Rawson. She died on 8 March 1970 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
- Shirley Braithwaite was born in Liverpool, England. He was an actor, known for his role as the Doctor in the silent Edison film "Chris and His Wonderful Lamp" (1917). He was also a backdrop painter for Edison Studios. He was also a magician assistant to Germain the Wizard from about 1908-1911. Shirley Braithwaite died on June 22, 1970 in Ashtabula, Ohio, USA.
- Alice Hegeman was born on 21 July 1880 in Visalia, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Love Kiss (1930), Meddling Women (1924) and The Laughing Lady (1929). She was married to Maurice Hageman. She died on 25 July 1970 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Ruth Sawyer was born on 5 August 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for The Primrose Ring (1917) and Jackanory (1965). She was married to Albert C. Durand. She died on 3 June 1970.
- Beckett Bould was born on 28 September 1880 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Anna Karenina (1948), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Naked Lady (1959). He died on 25 September 1970 in Middlesex, England, UK.
- Ralph E. Flanders was born on 28 September 1880 in Barnet, Vermont, USA. He was married to Helen Hartness. He died on 19 February 1970 in Springfield, Vermont, USA.
- Rex Harold was born on 2 November 1880 in Anerley, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Smart Set (1919). He died on 6 April 1970 in Anerley, London, England, UK.
- French character actor of silent films and talkies. Born in Orléans in 1880, he studied with Paul Mounet at the Paris Conservatory. He made his stage debut in Paris in 1900 and spent a number of years learning his craft and developing into a familiar performer on the Paris stage. A contract with Gaumont Studios led to scores of appearances in early silent films, and he continued as a respected and familiar portrayer of character roles into his seventies.
- Director
- Writer
Mark Goldaine was born on 25 January 1881 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Neck and Neck (1920), The Rip Snorter (1925) and A Much Needed Rest (1919). He died on 30 August 1970 in Orange, California, USA.- Leal Douglas was born on 25 March 1881 in Pendleton, Salford, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Beetle (1919), Thelma (1918) and The Cheaters (1930). She died on 3 February 1970 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Olga Limburg was born on 5 April 1881 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Madame Bovary (1937), Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936) and Hedda Gabler (1925). She died on 7 March 1970 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Jacques Théry was born on 6 April 1881 in Paris, France. Jacques was a writer, known for Joan of Paris (1942), To Each His Own (1946) and Yolanda and the Thief (1945). Jacques died on 29 September 1970 in Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes, France.