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This starlet of the early 50s once self-deprecatingly described herself as "a poor man's movie star". She was born Joyce Elaine Mackenzie in Redwood, California, a doctor's daughter. During the war years her sobriquet was 'Joyce the Joiner', toiling as a carpenter's assistant at the shipbuilding company Western Pipe and Steel. This helped pay for her acting tuition. After the war, Joyce got her foot in the door selling tickets and getting occasional acting gigs at the Pasadena Playhouse. Like so many other debutantes, she was spotted by a talent scout (in 1948) and wound up as the only female character (albeit uncredited) in the air force drama Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Her first featured role for 20th Century Fox was as a rival to Dorothy McGuire in the marital comedy Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950). Joyce had a rare opportunity for top billing on a loan-out to RKO, but the resulting second feature (Destination Murder (1950)) turned out to be a tepid potboiler for which the studio had acquired the rights on the cheap from a Poverty Row outfit. Nonetheless, Joyce racked up fifteen film credits over the next three years, including solid supporting roles in A-grade releases like Broken Arrow (1950), On the Riviera (1951), The Racket (1951) and Deadline - U.S.A. (1952), opposite big time box-office stars James Stewart, Danny Kaye, Robert Mitchum and Humphrey Bogart, respectively. She also famously played Jane to Lex Barker's Tarzan in Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) (again for RKO), becoming the eleventh actress cast in that role thus far. Her penultimate film was The French Line (1953), a musical comedy (released in 3-D) in which Joyce (playing a model) swapped identities with Jane Russell.
Joyce retired from acting in the early 60s after guest starring in an episode of Perry Mason (1957). By 1976, she had switched professions, working as an English teacher at a high school in Laguna Niguel, California. She was married three times, respectively to real estate mogul Walter Leimert, construction tycoon Robert L. Driver and, finally, to Victor Benedict Hassing, who predeceased her in 1980.- Joan Benny was born on 17 June 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Joey Bishop Show (1961), The Jack Benny Program (1950) and I've Got a Secret (1952). She was married to Robert F. Blumofe, Alan Michael (Bud) Rudolph and Seth Harry Baker. She died on 10 June 2021 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Buddhadev Dasgupta was born on 11 February 1944 in Anara, India. He was a director and writer, known for Uttara (2000), Dooratwa (1979) and Charachar (1994). He died on 10 June 2021 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Ray MacDonnell was born on 5 March 1928 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for All My Children (1970), Dick Tracy (1967) and All My Children (2013). He was married to Patricia Anne Broderick. He died on 10 June 2021 in New York, USA.
- Philip Anastasia was born on 30 December 1942 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sopranos (1999) and The Clay Cole Show (1959). He died on 10 June 2021 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Randolph Murdaugh III was born on 25 October 1939 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He was married to Elizabeth "Libby" Alexander. He died on 10 June 2021 in Varnville, South Carolina, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harmon Cusack was a cinematographer and assistant director, known for The Constant Gardener (2005), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) and Machine Gun Preacher (2011). He died on 10 June 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa.- Transportation Department
John Falzarano was born on 30 July 1953 in New York, USA. John is known for The Code (2009), 30 Rock (2006) and Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison (2019). John died on 10 June 2021 in Cape Coral, Florida, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Tom DeWitt was born on 15 October 1947 in Michigan, USA. He is known for Wyatt Earp (1994), The Desperate Trail (1994) and Into the Badlands (1991). He died on 10 June 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.- Neno was born on 27 January 1962 in Cidade da Praia, Cabo Verde. He died on 10 June 2021 in Guimarães, Portugal.
- Cinematographer
Andrei Vladimirov was born on 28 March 1946 in Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a cinematographer, known for Fotografii na stene (1979), Obvineniye (1984) and Lzhinka, ili Malenkaya lozh i bolshie nepriyatnosti (1973). He died on 10 June 2021.- Art Department
Andrew W. Kenah was born on 2 December 1950 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Meet Joe Black (1998), My Best Friend's Girl (2008) and State and Main (2000). He died on 10 June 2021 in Natick, Massachusetts, USA.- Dai Rees was born on 28 April 1936 in Silloth, Cumberland, England, UK. Dai was married to Myfanwy Margaret Parry Owen. Dai died on 10 June 2021 in the UK.
- Millie Wall died on 10 June 2021 in Minnesota, USA.