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Joe Williams was born on 12 December 1918 in Cordele, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Iron Man 3 (2013), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) and Sharky's Machine (1981). He was married to Jillean Hughes Dath and Lemma. He died on 29 March 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Leonard Mountain Chief was born on 6 November 1939 in Blackfoot Indian Reservation, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Patriot (1998), War Party (1988) and Yellowstone (1994). He died on 29 March 1999 in Heart Butte, Montana, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mae Johnson became well-known within the black entertainment world in the 1930's and 1940's. Mae Johnson started her career performing in Harlem nightclubs. She was a sensational personality who had a lot of sex appeal but with class. She was a great singer and all around wonderful entertainer. She started out with a small part in Earl Carroll's Artists and Models which got her a lot of attention. Mae said in an interview that Duke Ellington discovered her and told her if she went to New York she could take New York by storm, and he was right. She performed at many premier black nightclubs like the Grand Terrace, Ubangi Club, and the legendary Cotton Club where she was a huge success. She shared the bill with Cab Calloway, The Nicholas Brothers, and The Berry Brothers, she was such a huge success as a featured artists that Walter Winchell selected her for three consecutive years as the most outstanding artist. One of her acts was doing a Mae West impersonation which was always a hit. Her resemblance to Mae West in face and body and name made her one of the best Mae West impersonators in her time.
Mae gave an outstanding performance in "Keep Punching," her first and only starring film. Mae played the role of a femme fatale perfectly attempting to lure legendary boxer Henry Armstrong, her co-star in "Keep Punching," to the ruins but she secretly falls in love with him. She redeems herself by going to a church and emotionally praying to God for forgiveness for drugging his drink and to help him win a victory in the ring and she promises to turn her life around. Mae Johnson's versatile performance made "Keep Punching" one of the best of Black Cinema. Mae went West and appeared in a handful of Hollywood films that had black musical numbers. She gave a memorable performance in Lena Horne's "Stormy Weather" singing the legendary song "I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City," since being an actress was hard for blacks in the 1930s and 1940s, Mae didn't get a lot of opportunities deserved to her, so she hooked up with Austin McCoy and recorded some songs and she appeared in one of her last successes, a hit play titled "Two In A Bed" with Louise Beavers, where Mae received favorable reviews.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Allan Sibley Hancock was born in Chicago on March 8, 1917. After an acting career in New York and Chicago, he served time in the U.S. Army during World War II, traveling with General Patton through North Africa and Italy, eventually liberating prisoners from a concentration camp in Germany as the war ended. He was married to Floy Hills, with whom he had four daughters: Dawna, Penelope, Victoria and Lorelei. His wife died in 1983; and he remarried, to Dorethy Hancock in 1984. In the 1960s he changed his career, from being Vice President of the Hills Pet Food Company, to the Episcopal priesthood. He remained a priest until his retirement in 1987, in Topeka, KS. He died in Topeka on March 29, 1999 at age 82.- Writer
- Director
Arnold Agababov was born on 7 September 1929 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]. He was a writer and director, known for Yot sarits ayn koghm (1980), Barev, yes em (1966) and Vortegh eir, mard astzo? (1992). He died on 29 March 1999 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Andy White was born on 3 February 1916. He was a producer and writer, known for The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1966), In Search of... (1977) and Combat! (1962). He died on 29 March 1999 in Studio City, California, USA.
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
Fiammetta Ortega was born on 29 April 1935 in Brussels, Belgium. She was an actress, known for La fin des Pyrénées (1970), Le joueur de quilles (1968) and Marie pour mémoire (1968). She was married to Jean-Pierre Lajournade, Aldo Crommelynck and Jacques Boivin. She died on 29 March 1999 in Paris, France.- Brock Speer was born on 28 December 1920. He was married to Faye Speer. He died on 29 March 1999.
- Violet Williams was born on 29 October 1920 in the USA. She died on 29 March 1999 in Gothenburg, Nebraska, USA.