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- Isao Kimura had featured roles in several of Akira Kurosawa's masterworks. The handsome young actor portrayed a wide range of characters under the master's guidance. He first played the war-damaged hoodlum Yusa in Stray Dog with antagonism and palpable pain; then, at the opposite end of the spectrum but with equal veracity, Kimura played the innocent, hero-worshiping, faun-like apprentice Katsushiro in Seven Samurai. Although Kimura was 31 when he did the latter role, he looked the part perfectly, and portrayed the wide-eyed teenage warrior with sympathy and passion.
After a long film career in film, Kimura founded and directed an acting company which ultimately went bankrupt. He worked arduously for years to pay off all its debts, but shortly after completing this self-imposed task he became ill, and died much too young at 58 years old. It is, therefore, fair to say that Isao Kimura led his life with the same sense of honor that he so often portrayed in his films. - Producer
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Stephen Bosustow was born on 6 November 1911 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was a producer and writer, known for Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950), When Magoo Flew (1954) and Rooty Toot Toot (1951). He died on 4 July 1981.- Stanley Greene was born on 17 April 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wiz (1978), The DuPont Show of the Month (1957) and Lord Shango (1975). He was married to Javotee Sutton (actress). He died on 4 July 1981 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Peggy Ledger was born on 23 July 1900 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), You're Only Young Twice (1977) and Space: 1999 (1975). She was married to Hugh Whitemore Ledger. She died on 4 July 1981 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Ramon Romero was born on 25 December 1904 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was a writer, known for City Beneath the Sea (1953), The Apache (1928) and Tropic Madness (1928). He was married to Gloria Grey. He died on 4 July 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Stanley Jackson was born in 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a writer and director, known for Shyness (1953), Who Will Teach Your Child? (1948) and The Quest (1958). He died on 4 July 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Libero De Libero was born on 10 September 1906 in Fondi, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer, known for Giorni d'amore (1954), Under the Olive Tree (1950) and Clerici (1961). He died on 4 July 1981 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Violet Heming was primarily of the stage. Both her parents were established actors in English theatre. In America since childhood, Violet came to prominence in 1908 with Charles Frohman's company as juvenile star of "Peter Pan" (as Wendy) and in the title role of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". In 1912, she appeared with the veteran actor George Arliss in his signature performance of "Disraeli". At that time, she had already entered films as a leading lady with Thanhouser. After two years (1910-12), she left moving pictures for the Chicago stage and in 1914 joined the Columbia stock company in Washington, D.C.. Her subsequent motion picture career was an intermittent affair at best (a mere eight films between 1917 and 1922). It was entirely subordinated to regular performances on Broadway in a string of comedies, including "Trelawny of the Wells", "The Jest" and "This Thing Called Love".
In 1926, Violet co-founded (with Mary Pickford and Helen Hayes) the Institute of the Woman's Theater to help aspiring young actresses. She made a half-hearted comeback in films, even praised by critics for her role as George Arliss's friend Mildred Miller in The Man Who Played God (1932). However, Almost Married (1932), a minor thriller co-starring Ralph Bellamy made hardly any impression at all and she returned, yet again, to the stage. In 1945, Violet married a former U.S. senator from Missouri, Judge Bennett Champ Clark, a good friend of President Harry S. Truman who was best man at the ceremony.