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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Actress Joy (Ann) Page (born Joy Cerrette Paige in Los Angeles on November 9, 1924) received her exotic good looks from her father, actor Don Alvarado (real name Jose Paige), who played dashing Latin-lover types in silent films. Her mother was actress Ann Boyar (1908-1990). Following her parents' divorce, Joy's mother married Warner Bros. studio chief Jack L. Warner.
It was this Warner Bros. association that jump-started Joy's acting career, with a minor role in Casablanca (1942). She played Bulgarian newlywed Annina Brandel, whose virtue is on the line because, if her young husband (Helmut Dantine) keeps losing all their money at Rick's roulette table, it is clearly implied (but never overtly stated, owing to the censorship of the time) that the only way they will get out of Casablanca is if she sleeps with Capt. Renaud (Claude Rains). Despite the meager role, she made quite an impression and it is still considered her best performance of the handful of films in which she's appeared.
Being Warner's stepdaughter should have garnered her many more opportunities than it apparently did. In 1945, she married actor William T. Orr, whose own career was on the wane. Her father made him a producer almost overnight and later put him in charge of Warner Bros. Television. Film roles were few and far between after her auspicious debut and, other than Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) (with Robert Stack, in which she played a sultry vixen whom Stack tries to impress), the films were thoroughly routine. In 1959, she appeared in the first season of Walt Disney's "Swamp Fox" series, then retired.
Divorced from Orr in 1970, their son, Gregory Orr is a screenwriter and documentary producer. Joy died on April 18, 2008, of complications arising from a stroke and pneumonia.[3]- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Kay Linaker was educated at a private school in Connecticut and later attended New York University. While living in New York, she became interested in the stage and began attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her work in several small Broadway roles brought her to the attention of screen scouts and she was signed for movie work. She appeared in many films of the 1930s and '40s (including a quintet of Charlie Chans and James Whale's final two films) before meeting and marrying singer-turned-writer Howard Phillips. She relocated to the East and, now calling herself Kate Phillips, began writing for television (her husband became an NBC-TV executive). In more recent years, Phillips taught at universities in Canada and New Hampshire.- Keefe West was born on 6 September 1927 in Jamaica. He was an actor, known for Leo the Last (1970), Drama 61-67 (1961) and Omnibus (1967). He died on 18 April 2008 in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
- Isao Yatsu was born on 19 November 1929 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Dark Water (2002), Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) and The Grudge 2 (2006). He died on 18 April 2008.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jarkko Rantanen was born on 25 September 1946 in Helsinki, Finland. He was an actor, known for Jousiampuja (1982), Vallan miehet (1986) and Hyvästi ennen aamua (1989). He was married to Virpi Uimonen. He died on 18 April 2008 in Helsinki, Finland.- Writer
- Additional Crew
James J. Altieri was born on 4 March 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Darby's Rangers (1958), This Is Your Army (1954) and Force of Arms (1951). He died on 18 April 2008 in Newport Beach, California, USA.- Ezio Sancrotti was born on 12 July 1928 in Milan, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Violent Four (1968), The Tough and the Mighty (1969) and La polizia sta a guardare (1973). He died on 18 April 2008 in Milan, Italy.
- Nissan Nativ was born in 1922 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Gloves (1986), Eli & Ben (2008) and Leshon Hamar'ot (1993). He died on 18 April 2008 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Bud Stone was born on 16 February 1928 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer, known for The Comeback Trail (1982) and The Projectionist (1970). He died on 18 April 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Sylvia Wemhoff was born on 10 October 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to George John Wemhoff. She died on 18 April 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
- Music Department
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Peter Howard was born on 29 July 1927 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is known for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Annie (1982) and Recoil (1998). He was married to Margot Cohen. He died on 18 April 2008 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Michael De Larrabeiti was born on 18 August 1934 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. Michael is known for Riding on Air (1959). Michael was married to Celia Felicity Whitehead. Michael died on 18 April 2008 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Hans-Joachim Aderhold was born on 12 September 1920. He was an actor, known for Zugverkehr unregelmäßig (1951). He died on 18 April 2008.
- Cathleen Keller was born on 7 November 1945 in San Francisco, California, USA. She died on 18 April 2008 in Walnut Creek, California, USA.