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- Mildred Arden was born on 14 June 1886 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Polly of the Follies (1922), Janice Meredith (1924) and Sisters (1922). She died on 14 December 1955 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Hugh Johnson was born on 17 February 1888. He was an actor, known for Honeysuckle Rose (1980). He died on 3 December 1979 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Dana Bible was born on 8 October 1891 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Dorothy Gilstrap, Agnes Stacy and Rowena Rhodes. He died on 19 January 1980 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Florence Hodges was born on 21 April 1896 in the USA. She died on 23 May 1996 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- E.P. Conkle was born on 10 July 1899 in Peru, Nebraska, USA. E.P. was a writer, known for Ponds Theater (1953), Kraft Theatre (1947) and General Electric Theater (1953). E.P. was married to Virginia Carroll McNeal. E.P. died on 18 February 1994 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Barbette-- born Vander Clyde-- left home as a teenager to become a circus acrobat. He formed a partnership with a woman trapeze artist, assuming the role of her twin sister after the sister died. As a solo trapeze artist and wire-walker, he continued to dress as a woman, and in the mid-1920's he went to perform in Europe. He achieved substantial, if brief, acclaim in Paris, and was celebrated in a famous essay by his friend Jean Cocteau. In this era he also posed for a series of photographs by Man Ray and appeared in the Cocteau-Luis Buñuel film "Le Sang dún Poète." In the 1930s he returned to the United States, where he suffered a fall while walking the high-wire, suffering injuries that would force him to retire from performing in 1938.- Actor
- Soundtrack
George Chiles was born on 5 February 1903 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for King of Jazz (1930). He died on 26 December 1951 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Ralph Yarborough was born on 8 June 1903 in Chandler, Texas, USA. He died on 27 January 1996 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Leslie Denison was born on 16 June 1905 in Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Black Arrow (1948), The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) and The Fighting O'Flynn (1949). He died on 25 September 1992 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Richard Overton was born on 11 May 1906 in Austin, Texas, USA. He died on 27 December 2018 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
James A. Michener was born on 3 February 1907 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Adventures in Paradise (1959), South Pacific (1958) and Return to Paradise (1953). He was married to Mari Michener, Vange Nord and Patti Koon. He died on 16 October 1997 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Allan Shivers was born on 5 October 1907 in Lufkin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Lucy Gallant (1955). He was married to Marialice Shary. He died on 14 January 1985 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Petina (pronounced (PEH-tin-ah) was born to an important Russian family. Her father, General Stephen Petin, was Czar Nicholas II's personal escort. Her family fled to China during the revolution, and Penina received her first formal training there. Petina debuted with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1933, and her career with the Met spanned over 20 years. A contralto, she also appeared extensively on stage, notably in Leonard Bernstein's "Candide", for which she won a Tony nomination in 1957.
Petina eventually married Dr. Frank Bussey and retired from the stage. She died in 2000. - Joseph Jones was born on 29 June 1908 in Peru, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Slacker (1990). He died on 12 February 1999 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Marjorie Marquissee was born on 6 September 1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Belle of Kenosha (1923). She was married to Robbert Arthur Berens. She died on 28 February 1999 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Jess Walters was born on 18 November 1908 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for La traviata (1955), Here's Harry (1960) and How We Used to Live (1968). He died on 8 October 2000 in Austin, Texas, USA.
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- Costume Designer
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Constance Edney was born on 31 December 1911 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She was a costume designer, known for The Doris Day Show (1968), With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) and The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970). She died on 18 April 1999 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Actor
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Additional Crew
Mel Pape was born on 13 January 1912 in New Braunfels, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Caddyshack (1980), Hot Stuff (1979) and Nothing in Common (1986). He died on 24 April 1995 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Curtis Bishop was born on 10 November 1912 in Bolivar, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer, known for On Camera (1954) and Cow Country (1953). He was married to Grace Eyres. He died on 17 March 1967 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the U.S., was one of the most prominent First Ladies in American history. Though Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Reagan and Hillary Clinton exercised more power, and Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolly Madison were more glamorous, Lady Bird made herself a force to be reckoned with. She was instrumental in her husband's rise to power, as she had beguiled Sam Rayburn, the powerful Speaker of the House, who was her husband's mentor. As First Lady, she was a major force in engendering an ecological consciousness in Americans, with her "Keep America Beautiful" campaign. A class act all around, she was warmly embraced by Americans.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
This saucy and engaging Tennessee born-and-bred brunette beauty came into the world on March 2, 1913, the daughter of John Thomas Weaver and Ellen Martin, both non-professionals. She attended private and high schools while growing up and attended the University of Kentucky and the University of Indiana. Showing early signs of a musical talent, she instinctively made use of her beauty and singing capabilities as she strove to find a place for herself in the entertainment business.
Paying her dues as a band singer, model, and stage performer (with the McCauley Stock Company and in Billy Rose's Shrine Minstrels), Marjorie made an inauspicious film debut in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) in an uncredited bit part. 20th Century Fox saw something special in her, however, and signed her up in 1936. Her first few years were uneventful playing a round of alluring bit parts as chorus girls and secretary/receptionist types. Moving up the credits ladder she found lead and second lead femme roles coming her way, typically essaying the resourceful but wholesome daughter, paramour or "girl Friday" type opposite a number of virile and handsome leading men, including Ricardo Cortez in The Californian (1937); Tyrone Power in Second Honeymoon (1937); Warner Baxter in I'll Give a Million (1938); John Barrymore in Hold That Co-ed (1938); and Cesar Romero in The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939). In the comedy Sally, Irene and Mary (1938), Alice Faye, Joan Davis and Marjorie made up the distaff trio of starry-eyed hopefuls (Marjorie played "Mary"), while providing lovely distraction in a couple of The Ritz Brothers vehicles -- Life Begins in College (1937) and Kentucky Moonshine (1938). One of her best parts came opposite Henry Fonda as Mary Todd to his Abe Lincoln in the quality bio-drama Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). She was also top-billed in such programmers as Murder Among Friends (1941) and Man at Large (1941). Most of her assignments, however, were relegated to "B" pictures and following co-star roles in two "Charlie Chan" and three "Michael Shayne" mysteries, Marjorie left Fox (in 1942) by choice and free-lanced. Her rating did not improve much, however, although she was seen to good advantage in the serial The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944). She made her last inconsequential movies with Fashion Model (1945) and Leave It to Blondie (1945).
Marjorie decided to retire from the business in 1945 and, save for an unbilled part (by accident) in We're Not Married! (1952) over at Fox, that was all she wrote. Married to Don Briggs in 1943, she and her husband had a son and daughter, Joel and Leigh, and later owned and operated a classy liquor establishment in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. She died following a stroke in 1994.- Gene Ramey was born on 4 April 1913 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last of the Blue Devils (1979). He died on 8 December 1984 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Pinetop Perkins was born on 7 July 1913 in Belzoni, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Benny & Joon (1993) and Angel Heart (1987). He died on 21 March 2011 in Austin, Texas, USA.- John Henry Faulk was born on 21 August 1913 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), All the Way Home (1963) and The Best Man (1964). He was married to Elizabeth Peake, Lynn Smith and Harriet Elizabeth Wood. He died on 9 April 1990 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Wroe Owens was born on 13 January 1914 in Teague, Texas, USA. Wroe was a producer, known for Mission to Death (1966). Wroe died on 14 November 2009 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
American leading man of suave or sinister roles. A collateral relative of George Washington and William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, Scott was the son of a wealthy surgeon. Intending to follow his father into medicine, Scott studied at the University of Texas, but found he preferred the theater. He dropped out of college and signed on as a cabin boy on a freighter bound for England. There he found work in provincial repertory, gaining confidence and skill. Returning to Texas, he married actress Elaine Anderson and became active in local theater in Austin. He and his wife were spotted in a play there by Alfred Lunt, who recommended them to the producers of New York's Theatre Guild. Thus, Scott made a successful entry into the Broadway stage, appearing in several successes. In one of them he was noticed by Jack L. Warner, who signed him to a film contract and introduced him to film audiences in the title role of The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). He was well received in the part of the mysterious and debonair scoundrel and seemed destined for a top-level career in movies. Jean Renoir next cast the Texan in a touching and sensitive role in his classic The Southerner (1945). Though he received great acclaim for his performance, Scott was not particularly well promoted by Warners. His profile was immediately reversed by his well-received performance as the cad in Mildred Pierce (1945), which seemed likely to cement him as a star. However, it also led to his typecasting as a portrayer of amoral characters, and his subsequent films declined in prestige. In 1950, a divorce and a rafting accident, in which he was badly injured, sent him into a depression. Subsequently, he married actress Ruth Ford and began to concentrate more on stage and television work. Although he continued to work in films, including one for director Luis Buñuel, Scott never quite reclaimed the level of stardom that he'd achieved in the mid-1940s. In 1965, he was stricken with a brain tumor. Despite surgery, he succumbed in October of that year, at 51. He was buried in Austin, Texas.- Beautiful, graceful, bright eyed Cathryn Caviness gave a dramatic, heartfelt, moving performance in Spencer Williams, "Blood of Jesus" in 1941. The movie was about religion, a woman who is between evil and good, she heeds the consequences of the two and in the end finds the best way to live her life.
Cathryn's performance in Blood of Jesus has moved many with her natural earthly personality and various feelings towards difference incidents without being overly dramatic. Blood of Jesus is one of the most seen movie of Black Cinema. Cathryn was an exceptional actress who should have done more but we're fortunate that she was able to show her acting ability in one movie that will last a lifetime. Most actresses and actors don't get a chance to show their versatility that Cathryn showed in one movie. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Jesse Ashlock was born on 22 February 1915 in Walker County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), Song of the Sierras (1946) and Moon Over Montana (1946). He died on 9 August 1976 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Américo Paredes was born on 3 September 1915 in Brownsville, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for American Playhouse (1980). He died on 5 May 1999 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Robert Shaw was born on 15 September 1915 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Son of the Guardsman (1946), 20, 000 Men a Year (1939) and Adam Had Four Sons (1941). He was married to Mary Sue Mills. He died on 3 January 2005 in Austin, Texas, USA.
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- Actor
- Composer
Terry Gilkyson was born on 17 June 1916 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Jungle Book (1967), Blast from the Past (1999) and The Aristocats (1970). He died on 15 October 1999 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Walt Rostow was born on 7 October 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Schooling the World (2010), Our World (1986) and Cold War (1998). He was married to Elspeth Vaughan Davies. He died on 13 February 2003 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Actor
Stanley Hall was born on 21 June 1917 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 21 June 1994 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Elberta Hunter was born on 15 July 1917 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Red Headed Stranger (1986) and California Girl (2009). She was married to Frederick J. Hunter. She died on 20 August 2004 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Jack Griesenbeck was born on 30 January 1918 in Bastrop, Texas, USA. Jack died on 21 December 2010 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Durelle Alexander was born on 30 March 1918 in Greenville, Texas. She was an actress, known for Pot Luck (1937). She died on 21 May 1994 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Steven B. Derounian was born on 6 April 1918 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was married to Emily (Nan) Ann Kennard. He died on 17 April 2007 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Otto Hofmann was born on 9 December 1918 in Kyle, Texas, USA. He died on 12 May 2001 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Nellie Connally was born on 24 February 1919 in Austin, Texas, USA. She was married to John Connally. She died on 31 August 2006 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- John L. Martin was born on 29 November 1919 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Eddie Macon's Run (1983), Shadows on the Wall (1986) and Dark Before Dawn (1988). He was married to Gladys Mari Chillingworth. He died on 24 July 2001 in Austin, Texas, USA.
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- Cinematographer
Tom Hollyman was born on 7 December 1919 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Lord of the Flies (1963) and Time Flies (1996). He died on 14 November 2009 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Mari Michener was born on 10 July 1920 in Las Animas, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Centennial (1978). She was married to James A. Michener. She died on 25 September 1994 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Eddie Kazak was born on 18 July 1920 in Steubenville, Ohio, USA. He died on 15 December 1999 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Tony Kurina was born on 1 December 1920 in Osage, Iowa, USA. He died on 25 March 2010 in Austin, Minnesota, USA.
- Actor
Willie Zapalec was born on 11 December 1920 in Sealy, Texas, USA. He was an actor. He died on 18 May 2010 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Writer
- Director
Harry Middleton was born on 24 October 1921 in Centerville, Iowa, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Schlitz Playhouse (1951) and A Nation Builds Under Fire (1967). He was married to Miriam. He died on 20 January 2017 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Patsy Goldwater was born on 8 May 1922. She was an actress, known for Attack of the Bat Monsters (1999), Borderland (2000) and Barney & Friends (1992). She died on 18 January 2003 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Dean Caswell was born on 24 July 1922 in Banning, California, USA. He was married to Mary Donahue. He died on 21 September 2022 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- John Goodenough was born on 25 July 1922 in Jena, Germany. He was married to Irene Wiseman. He died on 25 June 2023 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Ted Kazanoff was born on 30 August 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for American Playhouse (1980), Law & Order (1990) and The Little Sister (1985). He was married to Shirlienne (Lee) Dame. He died on 21 October 2012 in Austin, Texas, USA.