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- Will Mastin was born on 20 June 1877 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Sweet and Low (1947), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956). He was married to Virgie Leola Richard. He died on 14 March 1979 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Stanislav Lyudkevich was born on 24 January 1879 in Jaroslaw, Podkarpackie, Poland. He died on 10 September 1979 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine].
- Eleanor Robson Belmont was born on 13 December 1879 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK. She was a writer and actress, known for The Case of the Black Parrot (1941), In the Next Room (1930) and A Gentleman of France (1905). She was married to August Belmont Jr.. She died on 24 October 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Gabrielle Dorziat was born on 15 January 1880 in Épernay, Marne, France. She was an actress, known for Patricia (1942), Samson (1936) and La fin du jour (1939). She was married to Michel de Zogheb. She died on 30 November 1979 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Winifred Davis was born on 12 November 1880 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Spell of Amy Nugent (1941). She died on 26 April 1979 in Shootash, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Katherine Kenworthy was born on 22 April 1882 in Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Wyoming Outlaw (1939). She died on 16 April 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Fred A. Ritter was born on 30 October 1882 in Michigan, USA. He was an art director and actor, known for The Crimson Ghost (1946), Captain America (1944) and The Invisible Monster (1950). He died on 26 November 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Virginia Brissac was an actress, best known for Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Dark Victory (1939) and The Scarlet Clue (1945). Prior to her work in film and television, she had a thirty-year career as a stage actress on the West Coast stock circuit, including three years in residence with her own company in San Diego, managed by then husband John Griffith Wray. She had one daughter, Ardel Wray, by a previous marriage.
- Frederick Taylor was born on 23 June 1883 in Tara, Ontario, Canada. He died on 10 January 1979.
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George Swarthout was born on 8 September 1883 in South Dakota, USA. George was a set decorator, known for Short Cut to Hell (1957). George died on 13 October 1979 in Oregon, USA.- Soundtrack
Gus Cannon was born on 12 September 1883 in Red Banks, Mississippi, USA. He died on 15 October 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.- Ivy Troutman was born on 23 September 1883 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The House with Nobody in It (1915). She was married to Waldo Peirce (artist). She died on 12 January 1979 in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA.
- Olive Templeton was born on 19 October 1883. She was an actress, known for Damaged Goods (1914), An Innocent Thief (1915) and Lux Video Theatre (1950). She was married to John L. Flannery. She died on 29 May 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Canadian-born Cyrus Eaton was one of America's most successful industrialists, who helped build up the gas and oil industries but who later grew somewhat critical of the capitalist system, and especially its attitude towards and treatment of organized labor.
Born in the small Nova Scotia town of Pugwash, Eaton got his first taste of the the big-business world when he took a job as a clerk with John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Co., in Cleveland while on a break from his studies at Canada's McMaster University. He finished his studies at McMaster in 1905 and returned to Cleveland and took a management job with the East Ohio Gas Co. After a while he left that job and went out on his own, investing in gas and electric utilities. He eventually consolidated his investments in several utilities into the Continental Gas and Electric Co. He became an American citizen in 1913, and a few years later became a partner in a banking firm, Otis & Co. He continued his investments in utilities, and in 1923 he consolidated all of his holdings into the United Power and Light Co. He branched out from the oil and gas industry and began investing in steel and rubber companies, and eventually grouped his holdings in those industries into the Republic Steel Co., which became the third largest steel company in the US.
In 1929 he became involved in a fight with the notorious Samuel Insull and his Bethlehem Steel Corp. for control of several financial holdings, and it took a toll on his finances, which, coupled with the effects of the Great Depression, severely weakened his business empire. However, he managed to not only recover but became even more successful, and his holdings increased not only in size but in diversity; at times he was a director or board chairman of an impressive array of banks, mining companies, railroads, coal companies and steel companies, among other industries. His battles with his fellow big-business rivals left him somewhat disillusioned with the capitalist system in general, though, and he wrote several stinging books on it (e.g., "Investment Banking: Competition or Decadence?"). In the 1950s he sponsored an annual "Pugwash Conference"--named after his hometown--of internationally recognized academics and scientists "in an effort to strengthen international understanding and further the solution of world problems through the free exchange of ideas". He also made a special effort to help improve US relations with the Soviet Union, which subjected him to severe criticism in conservative circles in US politics. Nevertheless, his efforts resulted in his being awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1960.
Cyrus Eaton died in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1979. - Henri de Livry was born on 24 February 1884 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Rocambole (1964), Je suis avec toi (1943) and Un homme en habit (1931). He died on 25 October 1979 in Montfermeil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
- Born Hilda Gentle on June 9, 1884, in Edmonton, London, England, Hilda Barry was a very active British character actress who had a very long and extensive career as well in comedies as in dramas. She appeared in over 150 roles on stage, on the big screen and on television. She died on Tuesday, May 29th, 1979 at the age of 94.
- Daniel Kahnweiler was born on 25 June 1884 in Mannheim, Germany. He was married to Lucie Godon. He died on 11 January 1979 in Paris, France.
- Countess Alexandra Lvovna Tolstoy (Aleksandra Tolstaya) was the youngest daughter of the famous Russian writer Count Lev Tolstoy. She was born in 1884, in Yasnaya Polyana, the ancestral estate of the Tolstoy family. Her mother, named Sofia Andreevna Bers, was the literary secretary for Leo Tolstoy, and made Alexandra an assistant to her writer father. Alexandra managed most of the secretarial work for Leo Tolstoy during his later years. She became the keeper of the Tolstoy archive after the writer's death in 1910.
Alexandra shared the "Tolstoyan" ideas and was the follower her father's position of non-violence, but she felt a duty call at the beginning of the First World War. She participated in action by helping the wounded, and became one of the leading organizers of hospitals for the wounded soldiers. Alexandra Tolstoy was decorated for her courage with three Medals of the Order of St. George, rising to the rank of Colonel.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy was arrested five times by the Communists. She was sentenced for supporting the right of free speech and assembly. After release she worked as a keeper of her father's estate in Yasnaya Polyana, which was turned into a Tolstoy's National Museum. She left Russia in 1929, and settled in the United States. There she co-founded the Tolstoy Foundation in 1939, with the sponsorship from such prominent intellectuals as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Sikorsky, Tatiana Schaufuss, Boris Bakhmeteff, and Boris Sergievsky. Former President Herbert Hoover became the first Honorary Chairman from 1939-1964.
Under the leadership of Alexandra Tolstoy, the Tolstoy Foundation assisted more than 500,000 people to escape from political persecution and the horrors of war. In 1948, she testified before the government on behalf of the Displaced Persons Act and was instrumental in its passage. In 1941, on a generous private donation the Tolstoy Foundation acquired Reed Farm north of New York City. She provided the 70-acre Farm for a resettlement center for over 30,000 refugees directly sponsored by the Foundation during the Second World War and after. She organized English classes and occupational therapy for the immigrants, as well, as a summer camp for needy children.
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy was known for her remarkable calmness and dignity. She died in 1979, at age 96, and was laid to rest in the Russian cemetery of Spring Valley, New York, USA. - Costume Designer
Violet Schofield was born on 17 November 1884 in Kentucky, USA. She was a costume designer, known for A Small Town Idol (1921), The Crossroads of New York (1922) and Molly O' (1921). She was married to George Unholz. She died on 22 January 1979 in San Bernardino, California, USA.- Costume Designer
Madame Violette was born on 17 November 1884 in Kentucky, USA. She was a costume designer, known for The Girl from Everywhere (1927), The Good-Bye Kiss (1928) and Suzanna (1923). She died on 22 January 1979 in San Bernardino, California, USA.- Writer
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- Music Department
Guy Bolton was born on 23 November 1884 in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was a writer and composer, known for The Love Parade (1929), The Murder Man (1935) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). He was married to Stephen Powys, Mazie Radford, Marguerite Namara and Julia Alexander Curry. He died on 5 September 1979 in London, England, UK.- Jozka Vanerová was born on 19 March 1885 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Babicka (1922), Muzi v offsidu (1931) and Devcátko, neríkej ne! (1932). She died on 27 September 1979 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Charles Knight was born on 23 March 1885 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pals of the Saddle (1938), Who Done It? (1949) and The Hot Scots (1948). He died on 24 January 1979 in Panorama, California, USA.
- Jullan Kindahl was born on 12 April 1885 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) and Arvtagerskan (1962). She died on 18 April 1979 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden.
- Iris Hoey was born on 17 July 1885 in Bloomsbury, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Just William (1940), Those Were the Days (1934) and Tense Moments with Great Authors (1922). She was married to Cyril Raymond and Max Leeds. She died on 13 May 1979 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Marino Moretti was born on 18 July 1885 in Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer, known for Cento anni d'amore (1954), The Anatomy of Love (1954) and L'andreana (1982). He died on 6 July 1979 in Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Juliet Brenon was born on 1 September 1885. She was an actress, known for The Eternal Sin (1917), The Lone Wolf (1917) and A Kiss for Cinderella (1925). She was married to Cleon Throckmorton. She died on 18 November 1979 in The Bronx, New York, USA.
- H.R. Macy was born on 19 October 1885 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Squaw Man (1914) and Tess of the Storm Country (1914). He died on 7 June 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Delacroix studied at the Paris Academy and was a student of Pierre Narcisse Guérin, who taught him classicist painting. But Delacroix was an admirer of the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, whose style he mainly embraced in his own work. He also took his cue from the work of the French painter and graphic artist Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault or from Venetian painters and English plein air painters such as John Constable and Richard Parkes Bonington. Delacroix visited the English landscape painter John Constable in England in 1825. Delacroix maintained friendships with the Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin and with the French novelist George Sand. The artist often drew his motifs from literature. Authors such as Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sir Walter Scott and George Gordon Noël Byron were influential for him in this regard.
In 1827, lithographs for Goethe's "Faust" were created. Or he was inspired by the history of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. His early major work entitled "Dante and Virgil in Hell" was written in 1822 and is now kept in the Louvre. It was presented and celebrated to the public at the Paris Art Salon in the same year. On the other hand, his painting entitled "The Massacre of Chios", created in 1824, sparked controversial discussions. Critics and audiences were bothered by Delacroix's bright colors and his free and dramatic style of expression, which went against the classical French painting tradition. Delacroix's most famous painting is entitled "Freedom Leads the People to the Barricade" and was created in 1831. In it, the artist processed his impressions of the July Revolution. In 1832 he went on a long journey to North Africa. The experiences and impressions there expanded his motivations, from which he benefited for the rest of his life.
Delaunay-Terk studied in Saint Petersburg, Karlsruhe and Paris. She settled in the French art metropolis for a year. There she married the art dealer Wilhelm Uhde in 1908. But the marriage didn't last long and divorce followed. Not long afterwards, in 1910, she married the French painter, theater decorator and leading representative of Orphism Robert Delaunay. This connection resulted in a fruitful artistic collaboration. In 1913 she collaborated with the French poet Blaise Cendrars. Together they wrote the first simultaneous book entitled "Prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France".
Sonia Delaunay-Terk and her husband created light and color paintings. She was inspired to do this by the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and the French painter Paul Gaugin. She also dealt intensively with the color aesthetic theories of the French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul. Sonia Delaunay-Terk developed the idea of simultaneousism, which she also implemented and further developed in her works. In this way the title "Prismes électriques" was created in 1914. In 1961, an untitled color lithograph was created showing semicircles and squares. In the same year she created a gouache on wove paper as a composition of squares. This artistic idea was then also used in her designer works of theater decorations and costumes.
In 1968, among other things, she designed the ballet "Danses Concertantes" by the Russian composer Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky. Sonia Delaunay-Terk also creates fabric designs, for example for the French actor and author Jean Poiret. With her style, Sonia Delaunay-Terk pioneered the movement of geometric abstraction. She was one of the important representatives of abstract painting in France. In 1975 she was awarded membership in the French Legion of Honor. The following year she generously donated her graphic work to the Center Georges Pompidou. Her works also include the painting "Bal Bullier", "Costume Studies" and the color lithograph "Grande Icone I.".- Writer
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El Pastor Poeta was born on 16 February 1886 in Ocaña, Toledo, Castilla la Nueva, Spain [now Ocaña, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain]]. El was a writer, known for Un alto en el camino (1941) and Los duendes de Andalucía (1966). El died on 17 September 1979 in Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain.- Tall, statuesque Parisian actress, trained at the Sorbonne. Brunette Charlotte Mineau, known locally as "Lottie", was the daughter of a police officer who tragically drowned when she was all of two months old. As a youngster, she displayed a free spirit and moved around a lot, finding employment variously as a stenographer, a department store clerk and a telephone operator before discovering her muse in show business. Charlotte was already a seasoned performer with Essanay by the time Charles Chaplin arrived from England. In her very first screen appearance in The Usual Way (1913) she co-starred with Wallace Beery. She later appeared in several of Chaplin's films, including an uncredited bit in his debut His New Job (1915). Charlotte subsequently joined Chaplin's move to Mutual, then had spells with Mack Sennett and Hal Roach where she supported Laurel & Hardy on several occasions (notably in Sugar Daddies (1927).
Not merely decorative, Charlotte provided poise and glamour to many a slapstick farce during her sojourn in silent pictures. At the height of her popularity, her salary amounted to a respectable $350 a week. More than once, she was woefully misused by producers who found her difficult to cast due to her unusual height. Cast in villainous or matronly supporting roles she would at times resort to adopting a severe or careworn look to avoid being rejected as "too attractive". Lottie's career wound down with the advent of sound and she was last glimpsed as 'Emily', a party guest, in The Marx Brothers feature Monkey Business (1931). - Paul Amiot was born on 29 March 1886 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Red Circle (1970), Madame Sans-Gêne (1941) and Ruy Blas (1948). He died on 26 January 1979 in Paris, France.
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Jorge Stahl was born on 4 April 1886 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Ladrón de bicicletas (1906), Decimosexto batallón frente al cuartel (1906) and Paseo de los Colomos (1906). He died on 1 November 1979 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Marie Nordstrom was born on 12 April 1886 in Fort Apache, Arizona, USA. She was an actress, known for Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (1934) and Watch the Birdie (1935). She was married to Henry E. Dixey. She died on 2 January 1979 in Southbury, Connecticut, USA.
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Paul Paray was born on 24 May 1886 in Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. He is known for L'arlésienne (1942), 4 Days in France (2016) and Sour Grapes (1998). He was married to Yolande Falck. He died on 10 October 1979 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.- Margrethe Løve was born on 10 June 1886 in Trørød, Denmark. She was an actress, known for I sidste Sekund (1913). She died on 9 November 1979.
- Sam Taub was born on 10 September 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940) and Shikat vs. Lewis Wrestling Match (1932). He died on 10 July 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Edna Earle was born on 26 September 1886 in McPherson, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Studio Girl (1918), How Could You, Caroline? (1918) and The Eagle (1918). She died on 3 March 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anne Ives was born on 30 November 1886 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She was an actress, known for The Producers (1967), The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) and Ryan's Hope (1975). She died on 15 May 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Charles L. Seeger was born on 14 December 1886 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a writer and composer, known for The Foolish Frog (1971). He was married to Margaret, Ruth Porter Crawford and Constance de Clyver Edson. He died on 7 February 1979 in Bridgewater, Connecticut, USA.- Director
- Actor
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Actor / director John Cromwell was born December 23, 1887, in Toledo, OH. He made his Broadway debut on October 14, 1912, in Marian De Forest's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" at the Playhouse Theatre. The show was a hit, running for a total of 184 performances. Cromwell appeared in another 38 plays on Broadway between February 24, 1914--when he appeared in Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks" at the 39th Street Theatre (a hit show he co-directed with Craven that ran for a total of 223 performances)--and October 31, 1971, when he closed with "Solitaire/Double Solitaire" at the John Golden Theatre after 36 performances. In addition to "Cooks", Cromwell directed or staged 11 plays and produced seven plays on Broadway. Among the highlights of his Broadway acting career were his multiple appearances as a Shavian actor. He was "Charles Lomax" in the original Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" in 1915 (Guthrie McClintic, who married Katharine Cornell in 1921 and became a notable Broadway director, played a butler) and as "Capt. Kearney" in the revival of "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" the following year (McClintic played "Marzo"). He also appeared as "Brother Martin Ladvenu" in Katharine Cornell's 1936 "Saint Joan", directed by McClintic, and played "Freddy Eynsford Hill" in Cedric Hardwicke's 1945 revival of "Pygmalion", starring Gertrude Lawrence as "Eliza Doolittle" and Raymond Massey as "Henry Higgins".
As for William Shakespeare, he played "Paris" to Katharine Cornell's "Juliet" and Maurice Evans' "Romeo" in McClntic's "Rome and Juliet" in 1935, and appeared as "Rosenkrantz" in McClintic's 1936 Broadway staging of "Hamlet", with John Gielgud in the title role, Lillian Gish as "Ophelia" and Judith Anderson as "Gertrude". He also appeared as "Lennox" in the 1948 revival of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play", with Michael Redgrave as "Macbeth" and Flora Robson as "Lady Macbeth" (young actors also featured in the play who went on to renown were Julie Harris, Martin Balsam and Beatrice Straight). Cromwell won a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1952 for "Point of No Return", in which he supported Henry Fonda, and appeared as the father, "Linus Larabee Sr.", in "Sabrina Fair" the next year.
With the advent of sound pictures, Cromwell went "Hollywood" in 1929, appearing in The Dummy (1929) in support of Ruth Chatterton and Fredric March. He also co-directed two talkies with A. Edward Sutherland that year, Close Harmony (1929) and The Dance of Life (1929) (he had a bit part as a doorman in the latter). After learning the craft of directing, he directed The Mighty (1929) with George Bancroft, in which he made innovative use of sound. He also directed Jackie Coogan in Tom Sawyer (1930) the next year. He made his name with Ann Vickers (1933) in 1933 and Of Human Bondage (1934) in 1934, two films he shot for RKO based on novels by the preeminent writers Sinclair Lewis and W. Somerset Maugham. Both movies ran into censorship trouble. Lewis' "Ann Vickers" featured Irene Dunne as a reformer and birth control advocate who has a torrid extramarital affair. The novel had been condemned by the Catholic Church, and the proposed movie adaptation proved controversial. The Studio Relations Committee, headed by James Wingate (whose deputy was future Production Code Administration head Joseph Breen, a Roman Catholic intellectual) condemned the script as "vulgarly offensive" before production began. The SRC, which oversaw the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association's Production Code, refused to approve the script without major modifications, but RKO production chief Merian C. Cooper balked over its excessive demands. Though studio head B.B. Kahane protested the SRC's actions to MPPDA President Will Hays, the studio agreed to make "Ann Vickers" an unmarried woman at the time of her affair, thus eliminating adultery as an issue, and the film received a Seal of Approval. The battle over "Ann Vickers" was one of the reasons the more powerful PCA was created in 1934 to take the place of the SRC.
Joseph Breen, now head of the PCA, warned that the script for W. Somerset Maugham's "Of Human Bondage" was "highly offensive" because the prostitute "Mildred", whom the protagonist, medical student "Philip Carey", falls in love with, comes down with syphilis. Breen demanded that Mildred be turned into less of a tramp, that she be afflicted with tuberculosis rather than syphilis and that she be married to Carey's friend whom she cheats on him with. RKO gave in on every point, as the PCA, unlike the SRC, had the ability to levy a $25,000 fine for violations of the Production Code. Despite the changes, chapters of the Catholic Church's Legion Of Deceny condemned the film in Chicago, Detroit, Omaha and Pittsburgh. Despite a picket line manned by local priests in Chicago, Cromwell's film broke all records at the Hippodrome Theater when it played there in August 1934. Five hundred people had to be turned away opening night. It seemed that wherever the Legion of Decency had condemned the film, it played to capacity crowds. In 1935 Breen ruled that "Of Human Bondage" would have to be changed if RKO wished to re-release it.
Other major films Cromwell directed include Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Algiers (1938), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Since You Went Away (1944) and Anna and the King of Siam (1946). In 1951 he directed The Racket (1951) starring Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, and Robert Ryan; he had appeared in the original staging of the Broadway play by Bartlett Cormack on which the movie was based back in 1927.
Busy on Broadway in the 1950s, it was seven years before he directed another film, The Goddess (1958), with a screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky and starring Kim Stanley. He directed two more minor films before calling it quits as a movie director in 1961. As a director, Cromwell eschewed flashy camera work, as he felt it detracted from both the story and the actors' performances. Late in his life director Robert Altman cast Cromwell as an actor in two of his films, 3 Women (1977) and A Wedding (1978).
John Cromwell died on September 26, 1979, in Santa Barbara, CA.- Violet Haggar was born on 16 March 1887 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Red Barn Mystery (1908) and The Life of Charles Peace (1905). She was married to Cyril Sydney Yorke. She died on 21 March 1979 in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK.
- Harry Sinclair Drago was born on 20 March 1887 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Where East Is East (1929), The King of the Kongo (1929) and Silver Valley (1927). He was married to Herminne. He died on 25 October 1979 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Rae Samuels was born on 3 May 1887 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The Forward Pass (1929) and The Big Benefit (1933). She was married to Martin Leo Forkins. She died on 24 October 1979 in New York, New York, USA.
- Andrew Dasburg was born on 4 May 1887 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Reds (1981). He died on 13 August 1979 in Taos, New Mexico, USA.
- Christian Gottschalch was born on 20 May 1887 in Thisted, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Cocktail (1937), Han, hun og Hamlet (1922) and Once Upon a War (1966). He was married to Henny Dehn and Ellen Gottschalch. He died on 22 May 1979 in Denmark.
- Mabel Taliaferro was born on 21 May 1887 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for A Wife by Proxy (1917), Cinderella (1912) and Alexander Hamilton (1924). She was married to Robert Ober, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Carrigan and Frederic Thompson. She died on 24 January 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Anna-Lisa Fröberg was born on 3 June 1887 in Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Vi två (1930), Doktor Glas (1942) and Havets melodi (1934). She was married to Einar Fröberg. She died on 17 November 1979 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Erra Bognar was born on 7 August 1887 in Braunschweig, Germany. She was an actress, known for Maud, die große Sensation (1923), Fakir der Liebe (1920) and Das verwunschene Schloß (1918). She died on 24 June 1979 in Berlin, Germany.
- Jacob L. Devers was born on 8 September 1887 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Georgie Lyon. He died on 15 October 1979 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.