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- Rosemarie Bowe frequently turned heads with her flashing turquoise eyes, sultry mane of black hair and sparkling personality. Effortlessly diverting attention from the scenic location spots of her mid-'50s film adventures and dramas, her stroll before the cameras was short--it was over within a few years.
The Montana-born beauty was the daughter of a building contractor, Dennis Bowe, and his wife Ruby. She and her siblings (Clara and Sydney) were raised in Tacoma, Washington, where Rosemarie first developed an interest in the arts. Dancing and appearing in operetta-styled musicals at her high school in Tacoma, she graduated and attended Tacoma Community College for one semester before being drawn to modeling. Finding work as a photographer's model and fashion cover girl in the Seattle area, she was the winner of pageant titles, including "Miss Tacoma", and was an official entrant in the "Miss Washington" contest. Eventually she relocated to Los Angeles, where she ultimately made the cover of Life magazine, among others.
Rosemarie broke into films in the early 1950s, primarily as an extra (model, swimmer) in MGM musicals. Within a few years she had moved into TV episodic work and earned a co-starring role in the voodoo adventure The Golden Mistress (1954) which was written and directed by Abner Biberman under the pseudonym Joel Judge (he also had a supporting role as her father). The film, starring Shirley Temple's ex, John Agar, was obvious hokum but did take the time to emphasize its lovely newcomer. Rosemarie was quite stunning as a jungle captive and signed on to play a few other decorative, damsel-in-distress roles.
Nothing-special movies more or less came and went but did little to test her dramatic mettle; they were, however, providing the requisite building ground for her to move up the Hollywood ranks. The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) had Rosemarie playing a slave girl in support of dashing young commoner John Derek and spirited princess Elaine Stewart. In the noirish The Big Bluff (1955), Rosemarie provided a harder edge as a married nightclub singer dallying on the side with lothario John Bromfield who, in turn, is making a play for the affections of wealthy but terminally ill widow Martha Vickers. The View from Pompey's Head (1955) focused more on star Dana Wynter, a scene-stealing Marjorie Rambeau and its Southern-bred racism theme than on Rosemarie's secondary role. Her last leading film assignment was in the preachy western The Peacemaker (1956) as a benevolent lady who tries to help gunfighter-turned-minister James Mitchell (who was then better known for his dancing skills in musicals) tame a corrupt town.
Rosemarie ended her career after marrying Robert Stack, 13 years her senior, on January 23, 1956. The couple eventually became the parents of a daughter (Elizabeth) and son (Charles). Sharing a love with her husband for the outdoors, especially sailing and horseback riding, Rosemarie enjoyed life as a Hollywood celebrity and socialite and expressed no regrets in ending her career. In October of 1969 she survived a serious automobile accident in Sacramento that killed her husband's cousin and left her with injuries requiring plastic surgery. Occasionally she came out of her self-imposed retirement to appear on TV, usually in vehicles starring her husband, such as the mini-movie Murder on Flight 502 (1975).
Her beloved husband, Robert Stack, died in 2003 after 47 years of marriage. Rosemarie passed away many years later on January 20, 2019, at age 86. - Producer
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Andy Vajna was born in Budapest. In 1956 at the age of 12, he fled from Hungary and with the support of Red Cross he made his way alone to Canada. Vajna launched his career in the entertainment industry with his purchase of motion picture theaters in the Far East. He founded Panasia Films Limited in Hong Kong in 1976. Vajna met with Mario Kassar at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, then he and Kassar formed Carolco. In 1982, Vajna was a founder and then president of the American Film Marketing Association. During that same year, Vajna and Kassar made their film production debut. In December 1989, Vajna sold all his interest in Carolco and formed Cinergi Productions, Inc. to engage in the financing, development, production and distribution of major event motion pictures. As part of its business plan, Cinergi has formed an alliance with The Walt Disney Company for distribution of Cinergi motion pictures in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Vajna has never forgotten his Hungarian roots and always tried to help the Hungarian film industry. He also actively participated in the distribution of Motion Pictures in Hungary eventually having a 70% share of the Hungarian box office. In 1989 Vajna founded InterCom that has become a market leader and a distributor of many Hollywood studios, including 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Disney and MGM. In 2002 he founded Digic Pictures in Hungary which is a high-end animation studio. Since 2011 Andrew G. Vajna has been working as Government Commissioner in charge of the Hungarian film industry. In the same year he conceived Hungarian National Film Fund with the mission to contribute to the production of Hungarian films or co-productions that provide art and entertainment for moviegoers and bring significant success both domestically and on an international level. Under the Vajna era Hungarian movies financed by the Hungarian National Film Fund won altogether more than 130 international awards (including a Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Language Film) while the number of foreign films produced in Hungary increased significantly.- William Swan was born on 6 February 1928 in Amherst, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Cavalcade of America (1952), Producers' Showcase (1954) and The Parallax View (1974). He died on 20 January 2019 in Lee, Massachussets.
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François Perrot was born on 26 February 1924 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Clean Slate (1981), The Avignon Prophecy (2007) and What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986). He died on 20 January 2019 in Livry-Gargan, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.- Actress
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Barbara Chrysler was an actress. She died on 20 January 2019 in the USA.- Director
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Jerry Kupcinet was born on 1 November 1944. He was a director and producer, known for The Richard Simmons Show (1980), Judge Judy (1996) and Jones & Jury (1994). He was married to Sue Kupcinet. He died on 20 January 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ljiljana Sljapic was born on 1 September 1940 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Radjanje radnog naroda (1969), Something in Between (1982) and Drugarica ministarka (1989). She died on 20 January 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Van Brockmann (born Van Thanh Pham) was born in Fort Worth, Texas on April 10, 1988. He was adopted at the age of 8 1/2, and grew up in Maryland, the son of two Episcopal priests. Van grew a passion for acting at a young age and began his debut on stage by participating in Nativity Plays and Passion Plays at his parent's churches. Before becoming an actor Van was awarded 3 Blue Ribbons for his superior performance in playing the flute at State Solo and Ensemble Festivals. Van continued to explore acting while attending Cecil College while majoring in nursing after high school in addition to playing the flute. During college, Van worked as a 6 year lifeguard veteran, in which he contributed to saving many lives. After 6 years, he retired from being a lifeguard and wanted to put his full focus on the career of acting. In, just 3 years after retiring, Van performed a total of 31 films, televisions, commercials combined. He has starred in 8 films and have been featured in 10 films. He is an actor, known for Here Comes the Boom (2012), The Student Film (2013) an episode from the web-series "The Cold Read", American Hustle (2013). Additionally, he has performed in a film with Jennifer Finnigan, Jonathan Silverman, and Pamela Adlon in Opposite Sex(2014)- Tracy Barnes was born on 21 February 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He died on 20 January 2019.
- Christiane Ensslin was born in 1939 in Bartholomä, Germany. She died on 20 January 2019 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Sheila Hamilton was born on 21 May 1928 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She was married to Ron Priestley and Torben Ellgaard. She died on 20 January 2019 in Santa Monica, California, USA.