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Al Bain was born on 5 October 1907 in Vilna, Russia. He was an actor, known for Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938) and Butch Minds the Baby (1942). He died on 7 April 1993 in DeLand, Florida, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Auburn-haired Arleen Whelan was born in Salt Lake City, but spent her early childhood in Pueblo, Colorado, where she attended High School. Her father was an electrician, who, upon opening his own electrical store in Los Angeles, moved the family westward. Arleen was enrolled in a beauty college and learned hairdressing and manicure, soon finding work for $18 a week in a salon on Hollywood Boulevard. There, she was 'discovered' by director H. Bruce Humberstone, who dropped in for a shave and ended up suggesting her name, as a likely candidate for movie stardom to Darryl F. Zanuck. In May 1937, she was signed to a seven-year contract by 20th Century Fox, her salary now between $50 and $300 per week.
Within a year, she had her first co-starring assignment, opposite Warner Baxter in Kidnapped (1938) . Next, she landed the highly prized role of pioneer woman Hannah Clay in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), and, by 1942, Arleen also made the jump to Broadway, appearing as one of "The Doughgirls" (the other two were Virginia Field and Doris Nolan). She was not cast in the 1944 film version, however - that part going to Jane Wyman. Still, Hollywood's publicity machine went into full gear, making the most out of Arleen's affairs with actors Richard Greene and Tyrone Power. In 1945, Arleen was voted 'the most perfect all-over beauty' by a panel of magazine illustrators, but her career was already on the wane. Out of contract, and dissatisfied with her roles thus far, Arleen left Hollywood to live with her New York-based second husband, a Paramount executive. Her stay was short-lived, as was her marriage.
There were still a couple of good screen roles to come for Arleen as a free-lance actress. She popped up as busybody Valerie Shepherd in the political satire The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947), a performance critic Bosley Crowther described as 'cute' (December 27, New York Times). There was also another good lead, opposite Charles Winninger in director John Ford's own favourite among his films, The Sun Shines Bright (1953). For the remainder, at least, Arleen lent some glamour to the B-western she made for Republic and for Albert C. Gannaway's independent production company. After 1957, one of Hollywood's best-looking redheads called it a day and left the screen to improve her already impressive golf handicap.- She was born in Murray, Utah on April 26, 1910 to Ada M. and Thomas Coppin. After graduating from L.D.S. High School in Salt Lake City, she moved to Los Angeles where she attended the University of California at Los Angeles and earned both her B.A. and M.A. degrees with honors and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
While enrolled in UCLA, she performed in several Shakespearean productions at the Pasadena Playhouse and began a highly successful career in radio drama. In 1936 she moved to New York City to continue her work in radio. She obtained her first role on Broadway in 1937. She married Byron McGrath, a well-established New York actor, on October 7, 1939. By the time the McGraths left New York City in 1951, Grace had performed in more than 30 Broadway productions, eight motion pictures, and dozens of radio soap operas. Among the notable theatrical people with whom she worked were Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Margaret Webster, Judith Anderson, Maurice Evans, Orson Welles, and Montgomery Cliff.
For three years in the early 1950s, the McGraths conducted a small business in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where Grace helped many of her neighbors learn to speak English.
Accompanied by her husband and their son, Grace returned to Salt Lake City in the mid-1950s to care for her aged and infirm mother. For a brief time, the McGraths operated a restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City which quickly became a friendly haven for students, police officers, lawyers, bankers, and others. During the ensuing three decades, she performed in several University of Utah Theatre productions. Briefly in 1961-62, she served as promotional director for the University of Utah Theatre and organized the still flourishing University Theatre Guild.
Throughout the years of her adult residence in Utah, Grace McGrath was continually involved, most often anonymously, in helping and encouraging disadvantaged children and young people and in bringing sustenance and good cheer to older people in nursing homes.
Grace Lynne Coppin McGrath died at her home, 917 Second Avenue in Salt Lake City, on April 7, 1993 following a long, debilitating illness. A Memorial Service was held in Salt Lake City in July 1993. - Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Gladys Lehman was born on 24 January 1892 in Gates, Oregon, USA. She was a writer, known for Meet Joe Black (1998), Luxury Liner (1948) and Two Girls and a Sailor (1944). She was married to Benjamin H. Lehman Jr.. She died on 7 April 1993 in Newport Beach, California, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Cinematographer
Richard Schmiechen was born on 10 July 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker (1992) and Roseland (1977). He died on 7 April 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Heinz Hoppe was born on 26 January 1924 in Saerbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Paradies und die Peri (1962), Operettemelodieën (1967) and Das Kabinett des Professor Enslen (1964). He was married to Claudia Brauckmann. He died on 7 April 1993 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- Hugh Ellsworth Rodham was born on 2 April 1911 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 7 April 1993 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
- Ariel Keller was born in 1930 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for El pulpo negro (1985), Mañana puedo morir (1979) and Amada (1983). He was married to Matilde María Moiraghi. He died on 7 April 1993 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Max Croiset was born on 13 August 1912 in Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for A Dog of Flanders (1960), De laatste dagen van een eiland (1942) and Village by the River (1958). He was married to Jeanne Verstraete. He died on 7 April 1993 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Willi Meinck was born on 1 April 1914 in Dessau, Anhalt [now Saxony-Anhalt], Germany. Willi was a writer, known for Hatifa (1960). Willi died on 7 April 1993 in Zittau, Saxony, Germany.
- Joaquín Calvo Sotelo was born on 5 March 1905 in La Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He was a writer and actor, known for La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954), Cuando llegue la noche (1946) and La muralla (1958). He died on 7 April 1993 in Madrid, Spain.
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Roman Kowalski was born on 13 January 1920 in Lviv, Poland. Roman was a production manager and producer, known for The Structure of Crystal (1969), Drzwi w murze (1974) and A Generation (1955). Roman died on 7 April 1993 in Warsaw, Poland.- Actor
Emil Kranzler was born on 1 December 1910 in Akaska, South Dakota, US. He was an actor. He died on 7 April 1993 in Tempe, Arizona, USA.- Tamás Török was born on 31 May 1925 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Az eltüsszentett birodalom (1956) and Az eltüsszentett birodalom (1985). He died on 7 April 1993 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Actress
Betty Penoyar was born on 27 March 1911 in California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 7 April 1993 in Del Norte County, California, USA.