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- Grace Jones was born on 16 September 1906 in Liverpool, UK. She died on 7 June 2019 in Broadway, Worcestershire, UK.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Henry Sharp was born on 25 June 1912 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Wild Wild West (1965), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Bob Cummings Show (1961). He died on 9 January 2019 in the USA.- Lucette Destouches was born on 20 July 1912 in Paris, France. She died on 8 November 2019 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Babs Simpson was born on 9 April 1913 in Beijing, China. She was married to William Simpson. She died on 7 January 2019 in Rye, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Visual Effects
- Animation Department
Milton Quon was born on 22 August 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Speed (1994), Sweet Jane (1998) and Chill Factor (1989). He was married to Peggy Wong. He died on 18 June 2019 in Torrance, California, USA.- Additional Crew
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Julie Gibson was born on 6 September 1913 in Grant County, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Bowery Buckaroos (1947), The Contender (1944) and Chick Carter, Detective (1946). She was married to Charles Barton, Dean Dillman Jr. and Jimmie Grier. She died on 2 October 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Evelyn Jurs was born on 30 November 1914 in Oakland, California, USA. Evelyn died on 5 July 2019 in Alamo, California, USA.- Irmgard Först was born on 11 January 1915 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Kameraden (1981), Der letzte raum (1966) and Unser liebes Fräulein Grandet (1965). She died on 6 January 2019 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Don Meier was born on 2 February 1915 in Oshkosh, Nebraska, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963), The Legend of Koo-Tan (1973) and Wild Journey (1972). He died on 13 July 2019 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Herman Wouk was born on 27 May 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Caine Mutiny (1954), Slattery's Hurricane (1949) and Her First Romance (1951). He was married to Betty Sarah Brown. He died on 17 May 2019 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Reinald Werrenrath Jr. was born on 8 June 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. Reinald was a writer and director, known for Lincoln Park Zoo (1949), Animal Predators and the Balance of Nature (1965) and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963). Reinald was married to Elizabeth I. Werrenrath. Reinald died on 8 August 2019 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.- Roy McHugh was born on 12 June 1915 in Iowa, USA. He died on 25 February 2019 in Green Tree, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Richard E. Cole was born on 7 September 1915 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was married to Lucia Martha "Marty" Harrell. He died on 9 April 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Neus Català was born on 6 October 1915 in Els Guiamets, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. She was married to Albert Roger and Félix Sancho. She died on 13 April 2019 in Els Guiamets, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Mag Bodard was born on 3 January 1916 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She was a producer, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) and L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972). She was married to Lucien Bodard. She died on 26 February 2019 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Soundtrack
Bernard Dadié was born on 10 January 1916 in Assini, Côte d'Ivoire. Bernard died on 9 March 2019 in Côte D'Ivoire.- Additional Crew
Yvette Lundy was born on 22 April 1916 in Oger, Marne, France. Yvette is known for Freedom (2009). Yvette died on 3 November 2019 in Épernay, Marne, France.- Mary Borgstrom was born on 18 May 1916 in Saskatchewan, Canada. She died on 3 April 2019 in Provost, Alberta, Canada.
- Julia Ruth Stevens, the adopted daughter of Babe Ruth, born in Athens, Georgia, on July 7, 1916, to Claire Hodgson. Stevens ultimately became the spokeswoman for the Ruth family. She was at Yankee Stadium in May 1998 for the unveiling of a postage stamp portraying Ruth admiring one of his home run drives. That August, she threw out the first pitch at a Red Sox game in Fenway Park at ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of Ruth's death. When the Yankees played their last game at the old Stadium, the House That Ruth Built, in September 2008, she threw out the first pitch. And she threw out the first ball at a Red Sox game at Fenway Park on July 10, 2016, to mark her 100th birthday three days earlier.
- Mortimer Caplin was born on 11 July 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was married to Ruth Sacks. He died on 15 July 2019 in Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.
- Mies Hagens was born on 16 November 1916 in Padang, Indonesia. She was an actress, known for Frank & Eva (1973), Kanaal 13 (1982) and Een idealist (1963). She died on 14 August 2019 in Bilthoven, Netherlands.
- Writer
- Producer
Rosalee Glass was born on 28 January 1917 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was a writer and producer, known for Reinventing Rosalee (2018), De-Escalation (2021) and Home & Family (2012). She was married to Abraham Glass. She died on 14 December 2019 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Juan Vicente Torrealba was born on 20 February 1917 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was a composer, known for La justicia del gavilán vengador (1957), Rosario (1968) and Fiesta en el corazón (1958). He was married to Mirtha de Torrealba. He died on 2 May 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Edith Iglauer was born on 10 March 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was a writer, known for Navigating the Heart (2000), Modern Marvels (1993) and Ice Road Truckers (2000). She was married to Franklin Wetmore White, Philip Hamburger and John Heywood Daly. She died on 13 February 2019 in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.
- Dorothea Buck was born on 5 April 1917 in Naumburg (Saale), Germany. She died on 9 October 2019 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Actor
- Art Department
I.M. Pei was born on 26 April 1917 in Canton, China. He was an actor, known for Une nuit, le Louvre avec Lambert Wilson (2017), A Place to Be (1979) and Berlin Babylon (2001). He was married to Eileen Loo. He died on 16 May 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Sound Department
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Morton Tubor was born on 29 April 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an editor, known for Vigilante Force (1976), Cannonball! (1976) and Daddy-O (1958). He died on 22 August 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Mona Malden was born on 9 May 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. Mona was married to Karl Malden. Mona died on 13 July 2019 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lidija Franklin was born on 17 May 1917 in Vyshny Volochyok, Russia. She was an actress, known for Producers' Showcase (1954). She was married to Gustavo Franklin. She died on 5 December 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dorothy Takahashi was born in San Francisco to Japanese immigrants, and moved to Los Angeles as a child where her parents owned and operated a "Chinese" restaurant. She received her first formal dancing lessons in return for free meals at her parents' restaurant. She and her sister Helen met dancer Paul Wing in 1934 and they formed a group called "The Three Mahjongs--Kicking the Gong Around". Soon after, Helen decided to concentrate on her singing, and Paul and Dorothy went to Chicago where they formed the dance duo "Toy and Wing" and went on the vaudeville circuit, where they were a success, playing all over the United States and at the Palladium in London. During World War II, the group split, with Wing going into the Army and Toy, whose family had been interned in a reclamation camp in Utah, performing on the East Coast with her sister Helen as the "Toy Sisters". After the war's end, Toy and Wing got back together and performed in various venues in both the United States and Europe. In later years, Dorothy Toy continued dancing and opened her own dance school in Oakland, California. She also was the founder of the first Asian-American female dance troupe.- Dorothy Fong Toy was born on 28 May 1917 in Menlo Park, California, USA. She died on 10 July 2019 in Oakland, California, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margaret Karolyi was born on 13 September 1917. Margaret is known for Gilda Live (1980), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981). Margaret died on 27 February 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.- Walter Munk was born on 19 October 1917 in Vienna, Austria. He was married to Mary Coakley, Judith Horton and Mary Chapin. He died on 8 February 2019 in La Jolla, California, USA.
- Hilde Zadek was born on 15 December 1917 in Bromberg, Posen, Germany [now Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Großstadtnacht (1950), Unsterblicher Mozart (1954) and Was wurde aus...? (2011). She died on 21 February 2019 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Diana Athill was born on 21 December 1917 in Norfolk, England, UK. She died on 23 January 2019 in London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
Guje Lagerwall was born on 13 January 1918 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Farligt löfte (1955), Doktor Glas (1942) and Maria på Kvarngården (1945). She was married to Sture Lagerwall. She died on 8 January 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Fay Eunice McKenzie was born February 19, 1918 into a show business family where she was the youngest of two sisters and an actress cousin, and made her screen debut at only ten weeks old in "Station Content" (1918) in which she was carried in the arms of Gloria Swanson. Her parents, Eva & Bob "Pops" McKenzie were already veteran performers and apparently wanted their daughter to get an early start in films. She nearly stole the show from Oliver Hardy as "the baby" in the Alice Howell short "Distilled Love" (filmed in 1918 but released two years later). By the time she was six, Fay was considered an old hand, having played diverse parts in her father's stock company. Among her early films was the 1924 Photoplay Medal Winner, "The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln."
A native of Hollywood, she got most of her schooling on movie sets including the famous Little Red Schoolhouse at MGM. Her classmates included Betty Grable, Ann Rutherford and June Storey. As a teenager in the early 1930's Fay appeared in a number of low budget westerns with Wally Wales and Buddy Roosevelt as well as the all-star MGM musical "Student Tour" (1934). In 1937 she starred in the cult propaganda film about the dangers of marijuana entitled "Assassin of Youth". She also had a small part in the 1939 classic "Gunga Din". Her first Broadway venture was at age 17 and in 1940 she appeared as Miss Hollywood in "Meet the People", a popular review of that season starring Jack Gilford and Jack Albertson.
But she is probably best remembered for her work with Gene Autry at Republic Studios, where she was the feminine interest in "Down Mexico Way" (1941), "Sierra Sue" (1941), "Home in Wyomin'" (1942), "Heart of the Rio Grande" (1942) and "Cowboy Serenade" (1942). Finally getting the leading lady roles she deserved, the raven-haired beauty was an immediate hit with audiences. In 1942 Republic co-starred her with Don 'Red' Barry in the war-time flag waver, "Remember Pearl Harbor!" During WWII she toured with the Hollywood Victory Caravan and appeared in dozens of USO shows with various show biz legends including Frank Sinatra, Phil Silvers and Desi Arnaz. At the same time she could be heard on radio in "Pabst's Blue Ribbon Town" starring Groucho Marx. Featured film roles continued to come her way with Universal's "The Singing Sheriff" (1944), Warner Bros' "Night and Day" (1946) and "Murder in the Music Hall" (1946), the latter filmed at her home studio of Republic.
In 1946 she married the dark, husky actor Steve Cochran, but their union was short lived and they divorced two years later. She went back to Broadway to appear opposite comedian Bert Lahr (best known as The Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz") in the 1946 revival of "Burlesque." During the 1950's she studied with Sanford Meisner and at The Actor's Studio with Lee Strasberg in NYC. She was seen to favorable advantage on a number of TV shows including "The Millionaire" (1959), "Mr. Lucky" (1960), "Bonanza" (1961), and "Experiment in Terror" (1962).
She also appeared in a number of films for close friend and director Blake Edwards, including "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) as the party guest laughing in the mirror, "The Party" (1968) and "S.O.B." (1981). She was especially proud of "The Party" with Peter Sellers and agreed to play the cameo role of Alice Clutterbuck (the hostess of the party) because the script was co-written by her husband, Tom Waldman. She and Waldman married in 1949 and had two children Tom Jr. and Madora. Waldman Sr. passed away in 1985. Her older sister Ella "Lolly" McKenzie was also an actress and was married to well-known comedian Billy Gilbert. Her other sister Ida Mae McKenzie started in silent films as well and went on to work behind the scenes of popular game shows including the original "Hollywood Squares".
McKenzie traveled extensively as a Christian Science Practitioner, lecturing all over the country and in Europe. In 2012 she received the Career Achievement Award at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival and in 2017 she was on-hand to present some of her family's home movies at the TCM Film Festival (those films are now housed the Academy Film Archive in Hollywood). During the summer of 2018 she made a cameo appearance alongside her son Tom as Mrs. Van Proosdy in the film "Kill A Better Mousetrap". Her performance marks the first century-spanning career in motion picture history. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of April 16th at the age of 101. She is survived by her son, actor Tom Waldman, Jr., daughter Madora McKenzie Kibbe and her two grandchildren.- Lou Weiss was born on 22 March 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was married to Alice. He died on 8 April 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Enrique Iturriaga was born on 3 April 1918 in Lima, Peru. He was a composer, known for The City and the Dogs (1985). He died on 23 November 2019 in Lima, Peru.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kiyoko Koizumi was born on 7 May 1918 in Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Kiyoko is known for The Affair (1967). Kiyoko died on 17 February 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.- Yasuhiro Nakasone was born on 27 May 1918 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan. He was married to Tsutako . He died on 29 November 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ivy Bethune was born on 1 June 1918 in Sevastopol, Russia [now Crimea, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Back to the Future (1985), Get Smart (2008) and Will to Die (1971). She was married to Stuart Lancaster and William Charles Bethune. She died on 19 July 2019 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Artur Brauner was born on 1 August 1918 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a producer and writer, known for Babij Jar (2003), Europa Europa (1990) and The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse (1972). He was married to Maria Brauner. He died on 7 July 2019 in Berlin, Germany.- Jasmine Dee was born on 30 August 1918 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She was an actress, known for Walking on Air (1946), Celia (1949) and The Lady Craved Excitement (1950). She died on 28 June 2019 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Maria Isabel de Oliveira was born on 1 September 1918 in Porto, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007), Memories and Confessions (1993) and Edição da Manhã (2001). She was married to Manoel de Oliveira. She died on 11 September 2019 in Porto, Portugal.- Renée Le Calm was born on 18 September 1918 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Paris (2008), When the Cat's Away (1996) and Maybe (1999). She died on 8 June 2019 in Paris, France.
- Janique Joelle had a long career as a theatrical performer and agent, but is best remembered for her starring role in Bon Voyage, the short French-language propaganda film made in England in 1944 by Alfred Hitchcock.
Born Gillette Charles in Britanny in 1918, she was developing a career as a singer in Paris when she married, in October 1939, an expat English engineer, Kenneth Rowe. The German invasion soon drove them to England, where Kenneth helped to run a munitions factory. Janique, using her new stage name, joined the Entertainment National Service Association, ENSA, playing in shows for British troops at home and overseas. Her agent sent her to audition for Hitchcock, when he needed urgently to cast the key role of a young French resistance worker in Bon Voyage. He had by then rejected a variety of other candidates; one look at Janique was decisive. She filled the role perfectly, right down to her harrowing death scene as a Gestapo victim.
Bon Voyage was shown successfully throughout liberated France, but its topical propaganda function meant that it was soon forgotten. Hitchcock had forecast a long film career for Janique, but there was no follow-up. Instead, she appeared in variety shows on BBC television and on stage, and set up her own talent agency. After divorce from Kenneth in 1949, she married the entrepreneur Bridges George McGibbon Lewis, better known as 'Bunny' Lewis. A war hero who won the MC as a Major in the Black Watch, he joined her in a partnership that was as happy professionally as it was personally, promoting media stars like Simon Dee, Katie Boyle, the pre-scandal Jimmy Savile, and the singer Craig Douglas.
After Bunny's death in 2001, Janique lived on in their London home, and was thrilled by the rediscovery of her work on Bon Voyage, now available in a DVD edition. Her vivid memories of the production are recorded in a long interview in the 2015 book on Hitchcock's 'Forgotten Films'. Born: September 25, 1918 in Lesneven, Brittany, France Died: November 21, 2019 in London, England Birth name: Gillette Jeanne Clémence Charles - Actress
- Director
Jacqueline Plessis was born on 11 November 1918 in Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. She was an actress and director, known for Nana (1955), Sainte Jeanne (1969) and La mujer, el torero y el toro (1950). She died on 18 December 2019 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Howard Layton was born on 18 November 1918 in Coventry, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Is My Enemy (1954) and The Stateless Man (1955). He died on 14 July 2019 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Leopold Kozlowski was born on 26 November 1918 in Przemyslany, Tarnopolskie, Poland [now Peremyshliany, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer and actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Torrents of Spring (1989) and Skrzypce Rotszylda (1988). He died on 12 March 2019 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.