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At Warner Brothers, tiny, five feet tall Marion Byron was nicknamed (and occasionally billed as) "Peanuts". She was a cute and vivacious soubrette who featured in early, long forgotten musicals, with titles like Show of Shows (1929), Broadway Babies (1929) and Playing Around (1930). Marion began her performing career as a teenage showgirl in Los Angeles and got her first break in films as leading lady to Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). In a biographical form, she was required to submit at First National, she answered the question of how she got her first screen opportunity with: "By mistake".
In the early 30's, Marion's regular screen assignments included the usual assortment of feisty maids, college girls, friends of the heroine, flappers and chorines, which were reserved for those deemed 'second leads'. Though stardom eluded her, she was briefly popular in lightweight comedies, notable examples being the Michael Curtiz-directed The Matrimonial Bed (1930) and Mervyn LeRoy's quirky Jewish farce The Heart of New York (1932) (which sported comic duo Smith & Dale as eccentric matchmakers 'Schnapps and Strudel'). Already by 1933, Marion's roles had diminished to uncredited bits and walk-ons. Her last film was as a nurse in Five of a Kind (1938), the story of the Dionne Quintuplets, scripted by her husband, the screenwriter Lou Breslow.- Writer
- Actress
Canadian character actress Marian Waldman was born on December 16, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The daughter of a professor mother, Dora Cooperstock, and a physician father, Louis Waldman, she was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. She began her career as a stage actress in the 1950s in the Toronto area initially as a chorus girl before branching out by acting in stage plays.
Outside of her work in live theatre, Waldman also acted in a few films as well as was a writer for several TV shows; she was especially memorable as the drunken foul-mouthed housemother Mrs. Mac in the seasonal slasher classic Black Christmas (1974). Her hobbies included reading, traveling, astrology, and attending both parties and various events around Toronto. Marian died at age sixty from undisclosed causes on July 5, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario.- Producer
- Production Manager
- Director
Barry Crane was born on 10 November 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), Mannix (1967) and The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959). He died on 5 July 1985 in Studio City, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Sammy Shack was born on 31 March 1906 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 5 July 1985 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Jack Cushingham was born on 25 August 1919 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Welcome to Arrow Beach (1973). He was married to Dodie Heath. He died on 5 July 1985 in Bel-Air, California, USA.- James 'Fu' Griffin was born on 25 March 1940. He died on 5 July 1985.
- Kenneth Case was married to Woody. He died on 5 July 1985.
- Roy Fransen was born on 4 January 1916 in Tottenham, North London, England, UK. He died on 5 July 1985 in Northolt, London, England, UK.
- Actor
Nobel G. Evey was born on 6 March 1913 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was an actor. He died on 5 July 1985 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Herbert Sulzbach was born on 8 February 1894 in Frankfurt, Main, Germany. He died on 5 July 1985 in London, England, UK.