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- Yet another underrated performer from the Golden Age of British films was Scottish-born character actress Jean Cadell. Jean commenced her professional stage career in 1906 with "The Inspector General" at the old Scala Theatre in the London borough of Camden. Via a stint with the Glasgow Repertory, she then made her way to Broadway (1911) and London (1912), where she appeared in small roles at major venues like the Strand and Criterion Theatres, specialising in comedy plays (her favourite was George Bernard Shaw). Though she maintained a busy theatrical career throughout, she also acted in films from 1919. During the silent era, she usually played youthfully temperamental and emancipated women. As she advanced in age, her manner became increasingly salty. This, combined with her sharp features, flaming red hair and steely blue eyes led to her being more often than not typecast as acerbic spinsters or imperious dowagers. She had a brief sojourn in Hollywood as Mrs. Micawber (opposite the inimitable W.C. Fields) in David Copperfield (1935). Back in England, she gave valuable support in Pygmalion (1938) (as Mrs. Pearce), The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) (Mrs. Sparry, sternly instructing Robert Donat to "always keep-a-hold of nurse for fear of finding something worse") and the fondly-remembered Ealing classic Whisky Galore! (1949) (as Mrs. Campbell). Jean rounded off her career with a starring role in her penultimate film, the caper comedy A Taste of Money (1961), as an ageing spinster concocting the 'perfect' Soho bank heist.
- Orville Caldwell was born on 8 February 1896 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Patsy (1928), The Wives of the Prophet (1926) and The Little Yellow House (1928). He was married to Audrey Anderson. He died on 24 September 1967 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.
- In addition to writing 17 novels and a collection of short stories based on the career of the real-life 7th Century Chinese magistrate/detective Dee Jen-djieh, Robert van Gulik was a scholar and diplomat. He had many publications in scholarly journals, and held a number of positions in the Netherlands Foreign Service, serving in various countries in Asia and the Middle East. He had a distinguished diplomatic career, rising to ambassadorial rank, and at the time of his death was the Netherlands Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of Korea.
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A composer, conductor, and arranger, he also directed and composed for TV stars including Mary Martin, Jimmy Durante, Celeste Holm, Milton Berle and Maurice Chevalier. He worked with Lew Brown, Frank Loesser, Ruth Aarons and Edgar DeLange. He conducted the orchestras for Broadway's "Guys and Dolls", "Along Fifth Avenue", and "Ballet de Paris", and composed the Broadway stage scores for "Sleepy Hollow", and "The Illustrators' Show". His songs include "A Trip in Tipperary", "Bang- The Bell Rang", "Wild Trumpets and Crazy Piano", "You Took Me Out of This World", "Who's Got A Match?", "April Can't Do This to Me", "La Pintada", "The Sky Ran Out of Stars", "Cupid's After Me", and "A Hundred Kisses From Now".- Composer
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Olaf Bienert was born on 19 September 1911 in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Eva im Frack (1951), Wenn Männer schwindeln (1950) and Leute wie du und ich (1980). He died on 24 September 1967 in West Berlin, West Germany.- Blanche Franke was born on 20 September 1888 in France. She was an actress, known for You're the One (1941). She died on 24 September 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.