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Roy Campanella was born on 19 November 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Lassie (1954), Roogie's Bump (1954) and 1956 World Series (1956). He was married to Roxie Joynes, Ruthe Willis and Bernice Ray. He died on 26 June 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Willy van Hemert was born on 29 March 1912 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was a director and writer, known for Dagboek van een herdershond (1978), De kleine waarheid (1970) and De weg (1983). He was married to Caroline Kaart, Mela Soesman, Miep Kronenburg and Cootje Ruyters. He died on 26 June 1993 in Hechtel, Limburg, Belgium.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Bill Duncalf was born on 7 August 1912 in Redland, Bristol, England, UK. Bill was a producer and director, known for They Made History (1959), Suspense (1962) and Gardeners' World (1968). Bill was married to Margaret Lang. Bill died on 26 June 1993 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.- Herbert Gruhl was born on 22 October 1921 in Gnaschwitz, Saxony, Germany. He died on 26 June 1993 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Actress
- Writer
Neda Naldi was born on 30 January 1913 in Tramutola, Basilicata, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for I fratelli Karamazov (1969), La leggenda azzurra (1940) and Notte di fiamme (1942). She was married to Salvo Randone. She died on 26 June 1993 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Composer
- Soundtrack
James "Son" Thomas, born 1926 in Eden, Mississippi , was an American Delta blues musician, gravedigger and sculptor. As a child, lacking proper toys, he used to make small Ford tractors of clay to play with, earning James Thomas the nickname "Thirty-seven Ford" in 1937, with became simply "Ford" and later dreaming of a music career, was turned into "Sonny Ford". It was his uncle Joe Cooper who taught him about molding clay, a hobby James Thomas turned into artistry. Filmmaker William R. Ferris made several documentaries with James "Son Thomas" which made him known to the blues crowd. In the 1970s, blues artist Eddie Cusic performed with Thomas at regular engagements, and together they recorded "Once I Had a Car". In later performances, he was accompanied by the Swiss harmonica player Walter Liniger, and his son Pat. James "Son" Thomas was recorded by several small record labels and is probably best known for his album "Gateway to the Delta", recorded by Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi. In 1985, his sculptures was featured in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where he was introduced to Nancy Reagan, then the First Lady. James "Son" Thomas died at the age of 66 in Greenville, Mississippi, from emphysema and a stroke on June 26, 1993. He is buried in Leland and memorialized by a headstone placed in 1996 by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund and paid for by rock musician John Fogerty.- Jack Bittner was born on 5 June 1917 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964), Rocky King, Detective (1950) and Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947). He was married to Mae Cooper. He died on 26 June 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Valia starred in many drama and comedy films in just three years period, first she starred in a comedy 'The Tragedy of a Comic Song' playing opposite Robert Vallis and directed by Maurice Elvey for the Stoll Film Company in 1921 and in 1922 she played 'Delilah' in a short version of 'Samson and Delilah' directed by Edwin J. Collins, in her last film she was seen in a supporting playing 'Nadia Karetsky' in 'The Great Prince Shan' directed by A.E. Coleby, starring Sessue Hayakawa and Ivy Duke for the Stoll Film Company in 1924, she was never seen on screen again.
- Florence Lee was a film actress in the 1920s who played opposite Jack Dempsey in the Fight and Win series and also appeared in comedy shorts and westerns.
Born Florence Catherine Lee in Chicago in 1902, she was the daughter of immigrants from Norway: Oscar J. Lee, a manufacturer's agent, and the former Augusta Olsen. Her parents divorced and her mother married William L. Johnson, a hotel clerk, in Detroit in 1916 where a half-sister, Catherine Louise Johnson, was born in 1917.
Her mother divorced again and moved with her daughters to Los Angles. Florence found parts in films on the Universal lot and at Fox studios starting around 1920.
She married Teddy Hayes in 1922. Her husband was a close friend of Jack Dempsey while the boxing champion was making films in Hollywood, and Florence found roles in Dempsey's films. She was riding in Jack Dempsey's Rolls Royce in 1924 when the car crashed en route to a film location, but she was not seriously injured.
A reviewer of her 1923 film The Blood Test (in which she playing opposite Dick Hatten) described her as "a distinct type of blond beauty" and commented: "Typical in every sense of the word is she in this winsome characterization, though certainly not lacking in dramatic power... she reaches strong emotional heights." (Muncie Evening Press, 9 April 1923, Page 2)
She divorced Teddy Hayes in 1926, and later (1932) sued him for unpaid alimony after press reports that Hayes had married the actress Lina Basquette. She was modeling clothes in the 1930s and was working as a hostess in a retail clothing store in 1940. She married Albert Clifford Kelley, an engineer, in 1944. They divorced in 1970. She settled in Arcadia, California, in the 1940s and lived there until her death.