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Rosina Tucker was born on 4 November 1881 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is known for Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle (1982), Economics U$A (1985) and The Grand Generation (1993). She was married to Berthea J. Tucker and James Corrothers. She died on 3 March 1987 in the USA.- Catherine Bramwell-Booth was born on 20 July 1883 in Hadley Wood, Middlesex, England, UK. She died on 3 October 1987 in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England, UK.
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Zsófia Dénes was born on 14 January 1885 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Zsófia is known for Miss Iza (1933). Zsófia died on 23 January 1987 in Budapest, Hungary.- Gustaf 'Stålfarfar' Håkansson was born on 15 October 1885 in Helsingborg, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Alltid på en söndag (1963). He died on 9 June 1987.
- María Francés was born on 2 February 1887 in Tudela, Navarra, Spain. She was an actress, known for Curro Jiménez (1976), Mentirosa (1962) and La corona negra (1951). She died on 9 December 1987 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Alfred Landon was born on 9 September 1887 in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Theo Cobb and Margaret Euphemia Fleming. He died on 12 October 1987 in Topeka, Kansas, USA.
- Jessie Glendinning was born on 14 September 1887 in Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Telephone Time (1956). She was married to Everett Butterfield, Gilbert Miller, Edward S. Beck and Ralph F. Baggs. She died on 12 April 1987 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Edith Luckett was born on 16 July 1888 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Jewess (1914), The Other Girl (1915) and The Coming Power (1914). She was married to Loyal Davis and Kenneth Seymour Robbins. She died on 26 October 1987 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Bessie Learn was born on 30 August 1888 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for In the Shadow of Death (1915), Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress (1914) and The Ploughshare (1915). She was married to Art Robbins and J. Roy Prosser. She died on 5 February 1987 in Burbank, California, USA.- Mladen St. Djuricic was born on 8 March 1889 in Zablace near Sabac, Kingdom of Serbia. He died on 20 September 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
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Nolan Leary was born on 26 April 1889 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Strangler of the Swamp (1945), The Tiger Woman (1944) and Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). He was married to Helen Leary. He died on 12 December 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Rolf Knudssøn was born on 19 November 1889 in Oslo, Norway. He was an actor, known for Syv dager for Elisabeth (1927). He died on 23 June 1987 in Oslo, Norway.
- Helene Fraenkel was born on 18 April 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for It Happened Tomorrow (1944). She died on 7 November 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Leonard "Lennie" Aleshire teamed up with Floyd Rutledge and joined the Weaver Brothers and Elviry vaudeville act in the 1920s as "Flash and Whistler". The duo were better known as "Lennie and Goo Goo" and were admired by fans around the world.
Lennie and Goo Goo were personal friends with Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones. They not only worked with Grandpa Jones on a radio show in West Virginia for awhile, they did road shows and personal appearances with him. Lennie and Goo Goo joined the "Korn's-A-Krackin" radio show on KWTO in Springfield, MO and made regular appearances on the ABC-TV television show, "Ozark Jubilee" (1955-1960) which was hosted by Red Foley. Ozark Jubilee which later became "Country Music Jubilee" then "Jubilee USA" had a weekly viewing audience of 9 million people.
Lennie and Goo Goo were pioneers that set the stage for what's known as "hillbilly music". They were famous for their comedy and musical talent by playing cow bells and their crude homemade instruments. Today, those instruments are on display in the Ralph Foster Museum at the College of the Ozarks in Hollister, Missouri.
Due to the musical uniqueness of the cow bells, Grandpa Jones started using them in his act after he joined the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. Several Nashville country music artists that worked with Lennie and Goo Goo during the Ozarks Jubilee era, credit Lennie as a great showman, dancer, musician, that taught them about stage presence.
When he was twelve years old, he lost three fingers on one hand in a sawmill accident. Despite his digitary loss, he was able to master the fiddle and any other instrument he could get his hands on. - Director
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Clarence Leon Brown was the son of Larkin Harry and Catherine Ann (Gaw) Brown of Clinton, Massachusetts. His family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, when he was 12 years old. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1905 and from the University of Tennessee with a B.A. in mechanical and electrical engineering in 1912. After graduation Brown settled in Alabama, where he operated a Stevens Duryea dealership called the Brown Motor Car Co. He soon tired of the car business and, fascinated by the movies, moved to New Jersey to study with French director Maurice Tourneur at Peerless Productions in Fort Lee.
During his career Brown directed or produced more than 50 widely-acclaimed full-length films--many during his long association with prestigious MGM--and worked with many of the industry's most illustrious performers. He also maintained close ties with the University of Tennessee, donating the money necessary to construct the institution's Clarence Brown Theatre during the 1970s and an additional $12 million after his death.- Nora Hayden was born on 31 May 1890 in Yale, British Columbia, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Golden Web (1926), Curlytop (1924) and Kitty Tailleur (1921). She was married to Judson William Rupert and Frank Richardson. She died on 5 February 1987 in San Bernardino, California, USA.
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William T. Crespinel was born on 9 July 1890 in Weymouth, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for The Glorious Adventure (1922), Death Valley (1946) and Counterplot (1959). He was married to Rosoamond. He died on 19 June 1987 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.- Richard Bars was born on 15 August 1890 in Berlin, Germany. Richard was a writer, known for Die Brigantin von New York (1924), Waidmannsheil (1963) and Waidmannsheil (1985). Richard died on 5 October 1987.
- Noel Odell was born on 25 December 1890 in St Lawrence, Isle of Wight, England, UK. He was married to Gwladys Mona Jones. He died on 21 February 1987 in Cambridge, England, UK.
- Marta Feuchtwanger was born on 21 January 1891 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She died on 25 October 1987 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
Mary Hamlett was born on 15 February 1891 in Texas, USA. She was an actress. She died on 8 April 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Manora Thew was born on 12 April 1891 in Negapatam, Madras, India. She was an actress, known for The Toilers (1919), The Man and the Moment (1918) and Splendid Folly (1919). She died on 12 April 1987 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- In 1906, Madge went to New York City to study at the Art Students League where she hoped to become an illustrator. This lasted until she appeared in a student musical, which led to a full time job in a traveling stock company. By 1912, Madge was a Broadway Star with the bedroom farce "Little Miss Brown". For the next five years, Madge continued to find success on Broadway appearing in similar roles. Within 3 months of the formation of Goldwyn Pictures, Sam Goldwyn had signed Madge Kennedy to a big movie contract. Goldwyn was at his best when it came to publicity. It was Goldwyn himself who gave Madge the title of "winsome", and Madge was as winsome and sweet as her light comedies suggested. Some of her films were 'Baby Mine (1917)', 'Our Little Wife (1918)', The Kingdom of Youth (1918)' and 'Dollars and Sense (1920)'. While at Goldwyn, Madge shared a dressing room with actress Mabel Normand. After 21 films, Madge left Goldwyn Pictures and appeared in a handful of films produced by her husband, Harold Bolster. These films included 'The Purple Highway (1923)' and 'Bad Company (1925)'. After that, Madge retired from the screen and returned to the stage. After a few years and her remarriage, Madge retired from acting altogether. In 1952, Madge was coaxed out of retirement by George Cukor for the small role of Judge Carroll in 'The Marrying Kind (1952)'. With that, she started another career as Character Actress appearing in films like 'Lust for Life (1956)', 'The Catered Affair (1956)', 'North by Northwest (1959)' and 'The Day of the Locust (1975)'. On the small screen, Madge played the part of Aunt Martha on "Leave It to Beaver (1957)".
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What Yakima Canutt was to classic stunt work in Hollywood for some 60 years, Ralph Faulkner was to sword fight choreography for almost a like number of years. Faulkner came west from Texas in his mid twenties to try his hand in the movies. Some of his first roles were as President Woodrow Wilson in silent bio/drama flag-wavers about American entrance into World War I. Faulkner's athleticism already tagged him for some stunt work, but while working in the silent movie The Man from Glengarry (1922), filming a river sequence on logs, Faulkner slipped on one and severely injured a knee. With his modest movie career in jeopardy and a real chance of becoming an invalid, Faulkner turned to a regime of knee-related exercises as therapy. He settled on a rowing apparatus and the practice of swordplay, fencing (which uses three practice swords of progressively heavier gage and different technique: foil, epee, and sabre).
Fencing became a passion; so much so in fact, that he entered international competition, winning the World Amateur Sabre Championship (1928) and becoming a member of the U.S. Olympic fencing team that year and for the 1932 Games. In the meantime (1923 to 1925 and then 1933) he had already been doing some movie stunt and fencing choreography. But by 1935 the perfect vehicle came along with a seminal opportunity for him to bring his fencing expertise into the movies on a larger scale. This was the first sound version of Dumas's The Three Musketeers (1935). He was hired as the captain of Cardinal Richelieu's guards, Jussac, and at various points in the movie as five other swordplay stunt extras. In each case he ended up on his face dispatched, but more significantly he was hired as the fencing choreographer. Though this version of the classic tale is normally given short shrift, it is enthusiastic all the more rousing for the realistic dueling that Faulkner coordinated. The movie is worth just his great courtyard scene of nearly one hundred musketeers in synchronized fencing exercises one-on-one before the king.
The popularity of producing swashbucklers (usually based on historical novels) that had started with silent movies moved into its watershed years with Hollywood sound. That same year of 1935 Faulkner moved into stunt double duty as well as fencing coordinator for the first sword-wielding blockbuster, Captain Blood (1935). This was the movie that rocketed unknown Australian actor 'Errol Flynn' to romantic stardom. And Faulkner had good material to work with. Veteran Basil Rathbone was a good fencer already, and Flynn, though new to the school of fence, was athletic and a quick learner. Under Faulkner's choreography Rathbone and Flynn made the swordplay look good. For the next two decades Faulkner's movie list as fencing double and choreographer reads as a history of Hollywood's golden years of adventure yarns with the likes of: Anthony Adverse (1936), If I Were King (1938), The Sea Hawk (1940), The Thief of Baghdad (1940), and The Corsican Brothers (1941).
But fencing choreography like stunt work in general was highly competitive (and still is), and various production leads had their favorites. In fact it was not out of the ordinary-and no doubt cheaper--to simply have the senior stuntman act as coordinator, as the case of Fred Cavens (who also worked with Faulkner) for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). But you get what you pay for. The background swordplay in that classic is sometimes amateurish. Once again it is the skill of Rathbone and the verve of Flynn that makes their crossing swords look good in the final swordplay free-for-all. No coordinator as such worked in Flynn's last Warner Brothers swashbuckler, the oft uneven epic, Adventures of Don Juan (1948), but somebody decided that using a watered down version of Faulkner's mass musketeer fencing exercise of 1935 would be effective as overseen by Don Juan before the Spanish king and queen in the confines of the courtroom-just not the same. By the way, Flynn's stunt double was Jock Mahoney - Sally Fields dad. Faulkner's only comparable rival was the much younger Belgium fencing expert Jean Heremans whose work is best seen in the 'Gene Kelly' remake of The Three Musketeers (1948) and the two 1952 swashbucklers for `Stewart Granger', the remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) and Scaramouche (1952). Ironically he was given his first credit as fencing coordinator on the classic first version of The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) because Faulkner was so busy doing most of the coordinating and fencing in this movie.
In several movies Faulkner doubled both dueling stars. In Adverse for the early duel at the inn, he took turns for the more expert fencing moves as both Don Luis and Denis Moore. In Zenda, Faulkner worked as fencing double and as a fencing featured extra. Though Ronald Colman did his fair share of saber fencing in Zenda, at one point after an injury, Faulkner had to fence briefly with himself-in the final cut of the movie - as both Colman and his own character, one of Rupert of Henzau's henchmen, to finish their duel in the dungeon. By 1938 Faulkner was usually credited-rather than not always credited previously (a problem for most stuntmen) - as fight choreographer. That title would vary to fencing master, fencing choreographer - at least in one instance as 'director of sword-play'. He was once again dueling with Flynn in Sea Hawk, doubling for 'Henry Daniel'. And in Corsican Brothers he worked again with 'Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.' (from Zenda). Fairbanks was another good fencer. And he and Faulkner did the lion share of the exhausting finale duel - the longest ever shot - and that in unbearable 100+ temperatures.
Although in a duplicate costume, it is easy to pick out when Faulkner took over the fencing. In all his screen swordplay he always kept a straight-backed and classic fencing posture rather than the forward slouch of his star opponents. In working with Cornel Wilde in the forgettable The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946), Faulkner was pleased to meet his match. Wilde had been an intercollegiate fencing champion. By the mid 50s the glory days of swashbuckling had run its course, though Faulkner even enjoyed-actually one of his favorites though uncredited--doing the coordinating and doubling for the farcical romp _Court Jester, The (1956)_ with Danny Kaye and an elder Rathbone. Into the 1960s swordplay was out of sync with the movies, though he did the popular sword-and-sandal epic Jason and the Argonauts (1963). The sword was back in the 70s and 80s. But it was always good fencing that Faulkner wanted regardless of the medium. His style graced over 100 films, TV work, and stage plays. He started a theatrical school called Falcon Studios (and this writer remembers a friend in 1978 who decided he should take a few lessons from Faulkner just to say that he had!). Faulkner believed that any staged swordplay should be done right with practice choreography-and the proper period weapons. He always made it look good-and that personal crusade continued up until Ralph Faulkner passed on in 1987.- Helen Taft was born on 1 August 1891 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was married to Frederick Johnson Manning. She died on 21 February 1987 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Hedvig Vohlert was born on 20 August 1891 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Nøddebo præstegaard (1911). He died on 30 June 1987 in Elsinore, Denmark.
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Karl Detzer was born on 4 September 1891 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Car 99 (1935), Crash Donovan (1936) and TV Reader's Digest (1955). He was married to Clarice Nissley. He died on 28 April 1987 in Branford, Connecticut, USA.- Jerome Collamore was born on 25 September 1891 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Annie (1982), Arthur (1981) and Five Corners (1987). He died on 18 July 1987 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Jane Dryden was born on 30 October 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Cost of a Kiss (1917) and The Man Without Desire (1923). She was married to Adrian Brunel. She died on 19 March 1987 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Actress
Maria Ivogün was born on 18 November 1891 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress. She was married to Michael Raucheisen and Karl Erb. She died on 3 October 1987 in Beatenberg, Switzerland.- Ira Hall was born on 2 February 1892 in Martinsville, Indiana, USA. He died on 6 February 1987 in Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA.
- Martta Salmela-Järvinen was born on 31 March 1892 in Kylmäkoski, Finland. She was a writer, known for Tuhottu nuoruus (1947), Silta (2018) and Helsinki punaiseksi (1934). She died on 16 September 1987 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Bertram Bloch was born on 5 April 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Dark Victory (1939), The Lucky Lady (1926) and Jewel Robbery (1932). He died on 19 June 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.
- John Hoskins was born on 16 April 1892 in Waitara, New Zealand. He was an actor, known for Money for Speed (1933). He died on 5 April 1987 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.
- In 1919 Millakowsky went to Berlin as a journalist, but then worked in the banking business until 1924. Early in 1924 he became the Director of the Greenbaum Film, Berlin (founded in 1905). He remained as executive producer with Greenbaum until late 1931, after which he founded Thalia-Film and, later the same year, H.-M.-Film, for which he produced several films, before being forced to flee to Paris by the Nazis in 1933, after completing production on Max Ophuls' Liebelei (1933). With Ophuls he completes a French language version of Liebelei in Paris. In 1934 Millakowsky founded Milo-Films, Paris, producing eight important films over the next five years, including Ophuls Yoshiwara (1937) and Robert Wiene's Ultimatum (1938). Three days before the Germans marched into Paris in 1940, he fled, travelling to Casablanca and Bermuda, before entering the United States and moving to Hollywood in early 1942. In Hollywood he worked as a producer for Monogram and Republic, before being named executtive producer at Republic in 1945.
- Olive Cooper was born on 31 July 1892 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942), The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936) and Orphans of the Street (1938). She died on 17 June 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Trude Lehmann was born on 26 October 1892 in Magdeburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Victor and Victoria (1933), Dolly macht Karriere (1930) and So ein Früchtchen (1942). She died on 3 January 1987 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Beulah Christian was born on 30 October 1892 in Effingham, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She died on 25 March 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- A sultry, olive-skinned California native, Winifred Bryson (born Brison) began acting professionally in 1915. Her first appearance was in a Los Angeles stage production of "Regeneration" opposite Bert Lytell. She was a member of the Belasco Stock Theater, appeared in musical comedies, and officially entered motion pictures in 1921. Her first marriage, to Warner Baxter, lasted from 1918 to his death. In her prime, Winifred had "distinct Spanish-type" features, black hair and dark eyes.
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Spencer Gordon Bennet was born on 5 January 1893 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The House Without a Key (1926), The Oil Raider (1934) and Jaws of Justice (1933). He died on 8 October 1987 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Frank Carlson was born on 23 January 1893 in Concordia, Kansas, USA. He died on 30 May 1987 in Concordia, Kansas, USA.
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J.V. Foix was born on 28 January 1893 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer, known for És quan dormo que hi veig clar (1989), Un passeig per la cultura catalana (2007) and Cap d'any a TV3 (1986). He died on 29 January 1987 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Music Department
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Andrés Segovia was born on 21 February 1893 in Linares, Spain. He is known for Labor Day (2013), Heavy Metal (1981) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). He was married to Emilia Corral Sancho, Adelaida Portillo and Paquita Burrow. He died on 3 June 1987 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Douglas Byng was one of the most redoubtable entertainers of the 20th century whose long career spanned theatre, pantomime, cabaret, film and television. Billed as 'Bawdy - But British' he was a prolific comic songwriter and a master of the double-entendre, often appearing in drag or as a noted pantomime Dame. Noël Coward once described his act as 'the most refined vulgarity in London'.
Byng never really retired from the stage and was working even at the age of 90. A born raconteur, he was suddenly rediscovered when he made a guest appearance on the BBC's Parkinson (1971) Show in 1977 with Carol Channing.
In 1986, he made his final stage appearance when he performed his one-man show at the Royal National Theatre in London. In one of the most successful careers in British show-business, he had appeared on stage for 72 years.- Actor
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Pat Hagan was born on 19 March 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Fallout: New Vegas (2010), Robbery Under Arms (1957) and Lieut. Daring R.N. (1935). He died on 15 September 1987 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.- Margaret Carpenter was born on 3 April 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for Experiment Perilous (1944). She died on 30 March 1987 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Frederic Mompou was born on 16 April 1893 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a composer, known for Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Drowned Out (2012) and Cría Cuervos (1976). He was married to Carmen Bravo. He died on 30 June 1987 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Isabella Hoopes was born on 21 April 1893 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Dark Shadows (1966) and The Boston Strangler (1968). She died on 7 August 1987 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA.
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Bathie Stuart was born on 10 May 1893 in Hastings, New Zealand. She was an actress, known for The Adventures of Algy (1925) and The Devil's Pit (1929). She died on 22 June 1987 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.- Charlotte Dauvia was born on 10 June 1893 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Song of the Streets (1933), Quand le coeur chante (1938) and Les gangsters du château d'If (1939). She was married to Henri Contet. She died on 24 January 1987 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.