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- A former model, the luminously beautiful Dorothy Hart was signed to a contract by Universal Pictures after having made only one film, Columbia's Gunfighters (1947). After that she did westerns, costume dramas, prison sagas, Tarzan movies, and the cult classic I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951). However, she soon left the film business in 1952, moved to New York and did occasional guest spots on TV dramas and game shows. She was very active in working through the United Nations for the world's children.
- Frances Hyland was born on 25 April 1927 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Changeling (1980), Happy Birthday to Me (1981) and Hounds of Notre Dame (1980). She was married to George McCowan. She died on 11 July 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Actress
- Producer
French actress Renée Saint-Cyr became synonymous with chic comedy and costumed drama, enjoying major success for nearly seven decades before her death after an attack of bronchitis at age 99. Over the years she equipped herself well opposite the established talents of Raymond Rouleau, Jules Berry, Raimu, Noël-Noël, Harry Baur, Pierre Brasseur and Paul Meurisse.
Born Marie Louise Eugénie Vittore on November 16, 1904, and the daughter of a hotel owner and opera singer, Renée was a one-time model who married Charles Leopold Lautner (1894-1938), a wealthy man, at age 21 before entering the acting leagues. After studies at a drama school in Marseilles, she made her film bow starring as one of The Two Orphans (1933) co-starring Rosine Deréan, based on the Gish sisters' silent classic Orphans of the Storm (1921). She took on Lillian's role and would adopt the moniker of Saint-Cyr, supposedly taken from a beloved canine.
Saint-Cyr's alluring beauty, patrician demeanor, and comedic skills gave her great momentum co-starring in such chic 1930's film comedies as Toto (1933), D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933), Une fois dans la vie (1934) (Once in a Lifetime), Le dernier milliardaire (1934), Paris (1937), L'école des cocottes (1935), Donogoo (1936), Paris (1937) and The Pearls of the Crown (1937), as well as the dramas 27 rue de la Paix (1936) and Marked Girls (1938).
Renée also graced the stage during this time in a production of "The Threepenny Opera," among others. She nixed an offer to sign with 20th Century-Fox, but did star in England's Strange Boarders (1938) and Italy's Red Roses (1940) (Red Roses) co-starring Vittorio De Sica. Into the 1940s war years, she starred in such popular film vehicles as the Hector Berlioz biopic La symphonie fantastique (1942) (The Fantastic Symphony), the title dramatic roles in Marie-Martine (1943) and Paméla (1945), plus Pierre et Jean (1943), Étrange destin (1946) and L'insaisissable Frédéric (1946).
Saint-Cyr left films after shooting The Knight of the Night (1953), Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (1954) (The Glorious Avenger) (as Marie Antoinette) and Si Paris nous était conté (1956) (as Empress Eugénie}, but returned into the next decade with Coctail party (1960) and Lafayette (1962). By this time, her only child, Georges Lautner, had become an influential film writer and director and had begun churning out a series of standard genre movies that occasionally featured Renee in the cast. Such films included The Monocle (1964), Fleur d'oseille (1967), Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles (1973), Now We've Seen It All! (1976), Ils sont fous ces sorciers (1978), My Other Husband (1983), Room Service (1992).- Carl-Ivar Nilsson was born on 29 March 1940 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Varuhuset (1987), Blå gatan (1966) and Hästens öga (1987). He was married to Dan Engström and Liliane Hjorthén. He died on 11 July 2004 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Graduated from Harvard Law School. Was a Fullbright Fellow at the Sorbonne in Paris, and diplomatic advisor to Israel's Director of Civil Aviation, and editor of "Playbill" & "Show". Has written articles to magazines, written novles under a psuedonym and written documetaries for television and for the US Information Agency.
- Joe Gold was born on 10 March 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for I Spy (1965) and You Bet Your Life (1950). He died on 11 July 2004 in Marina Del Rey, California, USA.
- Angelo Boscariol was born on 5 August 1931 in Italy. He was an actor, known for The Bible in the Beginning... (1966), Contraband (1980) and Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar (1975). He died on 11 July 2004 in Rome, Italy.
- Born into one of the nation's greatest family fortunes, Laurance Rockefeller had a lifelong affinity for the environment. The fourth of six children of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, he earned a BA from Princeton University, attended Harvard Law School, and served in the Navy during World War II.
Laurance was less attracted to the spotlight than his brothers Nelson (who was vice president under Gerald Ford and served four terms as New York's governor) or Winthrop (who was governor of Arkansas). While other family members distinguished themselves as businessmen and politicians, Laurance was drawn primarily to the outdoors. He gave 50,000 acres to the National Park Service to form Virgin Islands National Park, was instrumental in the establishment of Redwood National Park in California, and donated his ranch to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Laurance served under five presidents in several capacities related to conservation and the outdoors, founded the American Conservation Association in 1958, and was head of Jackson Hole Preserve Inc., a conservation organization. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1991 for his efforts to preserve the environment. He also became a pivotal developer of venture capital by helping to finance Eastern Airlines in 1938. At the time of his death, he was No. 377 on Forbes' list of billionaires, with $1.5 billion. - Actress
- Cinematographer
Rosa Rosen was born in 1918 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress and cinematographer, known for Marco, el candidato (1994), La fuga (1937) and Situación límite (1984). She died on 11 July 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Greg Kidd was born on 1 August 1960 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an assistant director, known for The Usual Suspects (1995), Tremors (1990) and Critters 3 (1991). He died on 11 July 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.