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- A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Drama, Ruth Hussey's first show-business job was as a fashion commentator on a local radio station. She journeyed to New York City, where she was signed as a model by the world-famous Powers agency. She obtained some stage roles with touring companies and was noticed by MGM, which signed her and with whom she made her film debut in 1937. She quickly became a leading lady in MGM's "B" unit, usually playing sophisticated, worldly roles. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as a cynical photographer in The Philadelphia Story (1940). She soon focused her main energies on the stage, however, and returned to the screen only occasionally.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Marian Mercer was born on 26 November 1935 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for 9 to 5 (1980), Out on a Limb (1992) and Great Performances (1971). She was married to Patrick Hogan and Martin Cassidy. She died on 27 April 2011 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Joe Conley was born on 3 March 1928 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Cast Away (2000), The Waltons (1972) and Impure Thoughts (1986). He was married to Louise A. Teecher and Jacqueline Y. Stakes. He died on 7 July 2013 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Actress
- Writer
Her family was from Liverpool where she was born but she was brought up in Berkshire, She ran away from home at 17 as she wanted to be an artist like her father but didn't have he talent so decided to be an actress and answered an advertisement for an assistant stage manager with a small touring company then went into repertory at Guilford- Jim Connell was born on 21 October 1945 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Get Smart (1965), The Picasso Summer (1969) and The Wild Wild West (1965). He died on 18 December 2021 in Newbury Park, California, USA.
- Pattie Coldwell was born on 14 May 1952 in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Chief (1990), Open Air (1986) and Through the Keyhole (1987). She was married to Evan and Tony Kerner. She died on 17 October 2002 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Special Effects
- Art Department
Wayne Mallory was born on 13 October 1924 in Bakerfield, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Volcano (1997), American Pie (1999) and Invasion U.S.A. (1985). He died on 11 October 2020 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Kramer's career spanned wide associations in the fields of Motion Pictures, Education, Literature and Psychiatry.
Anne, nee "Pearce," Kramer was born in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of June and Perce Pearce, the Disney cartoonist.
She started her career as an actress and was featured in several films often playing multi-ethnic characters due to her striking exotic looks. Soon following, she went on to work in the theatre in New York.
When she met her husband, Stanley Kramer, they formed a working partnership on most of his early remarkable films. They had two children together, actress Casey Kramer and script editor and academic Lawrence (Larry) Kramer.
Kramer worked in motion picture production, distribution, casting, editing and marketing of the award-winning films "Cyrano de Bergerac," "High Noon," "Member of the Wedding," "The Wild One," "The Caine Mutiny," "Not as a Stranger," "The Pride and the Passion," "The Defiant Ones," "On the Beach," "Inherit the Wind" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" during her marriage to producer/director Stanley Kramer. Later, she held positions with Castle Hill Productions, working with Elaine May and Julian Schlossberg, and was involved in the development of several projects, among them "Million Dollar Baby," "Face of Fear," "Little Me," and Tolkien's "The Rock Hobbit."
During filming of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," in Palm Springs, she survived a severe fire causing third-degree burns covering her body. She then returned to a successful academic career, born in her days at the University of Southern California.
Over the course of her educational career, she acquired two PhD's in Comparative Literature and Film. She was Professor of Comparative Literature and Film at California State University Long Beach and Senior Lecturer on literature and film at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, as well as lecturer at New York University, Orange Coast College and University of California, Berkeley. Among her students were Jim Morrison of The Doors and director, George Lucas. She later became Executive Story Editor at Columbia Pictures.
Dr. Kramer authored, co-authored and contributed to several books including "Directors at Work," featuring a section on her husband, Stanley Kramer, "Comparative Metamorphoses in Ovidian Myth," "Modern Literature and the Arts," "Encyclopedia Britannica Films" and "Focus on Film and Theatre." She spoke five languages.
In the community, Dr. Kramer created the communications consultancy, Cathexis 3; chaired "The University Forum" for the University of Southern California, Los Angeles Graduate School; was Co-Director of Model United Nations in Los Angeles, under the auspices of Eleanor Roosevelt; and participated as Educational Consultant and teacher at Camarillo State Mental Hospital.
She became a psychoanalyst in the 1990's, seeing patients in private practice in Beverly Hills.- Actor
- Writer
Major English silent movie star Stewart Rome born Wernham Ryott Gifford in Berkshire in 1886. He studied civil engineering, but instead went on the stage in 1907. After appearing on stage in Australia, Stewart returned to England in 1912 and joined Hepworth Film Company. Handsome, slightly aloof aristocratic star of more than 150 drama films, making his debut with 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' directed by Warwick Buckland in 1913, after WW1 service he joined the Broadwest Film Company and through the 1920's at the height of his career he acted in both British and German films such as 'Im schatten der Moschee' (1923) 'Vater Voss' (1925) est. His most memorable films was George Pearson's 'Reville' (1924) and 'The Desert Sheik' (1924). Following the advent of talkies, he was relegated to fine kindly gentlemanly characters, later he starred as Dr. Goodfellow in a series of shorts for the Rank studios in 1942, retired from the screen after 1950's 'Lets Have a Murder'. Died in 1965 age 79.- Director
- Editor
- Producer
Entered the film industry in 1934, working as an assistant director and junior editor in various studios. Made wartime training films for the army, then joined Ealing in 1944, becoming a producer in 1951, and directing one film ('Touch and Go') in 1955. He directed only occasional films thereafter, such as 'Go to Blazes' (1962).- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Donald R. Daves was born on 6 December 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Bonanza (1959), I Mobster (1959) and Peter Gunn (1958). He died on 7 June 2020 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Actor
- Producer
Basil Lord was born on 20 March 1909 in Bexleyheath, Bexley, London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Brian Rix Presents ... (1960), Theatre Night (1957) and Laughter from the Whitehall (1963). He died on 3 April 1979 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK.- Art Department
Robert Scaife was born on 21 August 1929 in Glendale, California, USA. He is known for WarGames (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and Apocalypse Now (1979). He was married to Barbara Knapp, Dolores Norton and Selma Slaman. He died on 25 June 1988 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Actress
- Producer
Polly Elwes was born on 29 February 1928 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. She was an actress and producer, known for Stage by Stage (1954), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965). She was married to Peter Dimmock. She died on 15 July 1987 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK.- Erik Gates was born on 17 September 1962 in the USA. He was married to Beth. He died on 20 December 2009 in Newbury Park, California, USA.
- Gwynne Herbert born around the mid 1860s in London. Became a popular theatre performer from the 1880s, perhaps best known show was in 'Curtain Raiser' in 1897. Wonderful lady who appeared in over sixty British silent movies, often seen playing mothers, landladies and often seen as sophisticated ladies in drama and comedies, making her film debut in 'Lil O'London' for the London Film Company in 1914 then followed by the Hepworth Film Company. She retired from the movie business after 'The World of Wonderful Reality' in 1924 to run her own florist in London.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
John Elsenbach was born on 1 March 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), Code Name: Foxfire (1985) and Otherworld (1985). He died on 13 November 2004 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Wanda Flippen was born on 11 February 1928 in Burleson, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Beauty on Parade (1950). She died on 8 September 1989 in Newbury Park, California, USA.
- Stunts
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jimmy Lodge was born in 1924 in Christchurch, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Figures in a Landscape (1970), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) and Lady Jane (1986). He was married to Elsa Fennell. He died in 2009 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK.- Additional Crew
- Executive
Rick Bonn was born on 20 January 1968 in the USA. He was an executive, known for Samson (2018), God's Not Dead 2 (2016) and The Encounter (2016). He died on 19 March 2020 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Additional Crew
- Producer
Nancy Colton was born on 4 March 1959 in the USA. Nancy was a producer, known for Uncensored Channels: TV Around the World with George Plimpton (1986), The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987) and The 14th Annual American Music Awards (1987). Nancy was married to Rick. Nancy died on 9 March 2009 in Newbury Park, California, USA.- Crystal Phillips was born on 13 July 1980. She was an actress, known for Identity Theft (2009) and The Making of a Mistress (2006). She died on 23 June 2011 in Newbury Park, California, USA.
- Henry Hewitt was born on 28 December 1885 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Where's Charley? (1952), Rembrandt (1936) and A Christmas Carol (1951). He was married to Hilda Geraldine Powell. He died on 23 August 1968 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Venice Shaw was born on 15 January 1911 in Pasadena, California, USA. She died on 9 August 2016 in Newbury Park, California, USA.
- Dorothy-Rose Gribble was born in 1917 in Totnes, Devon, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Case Before You (1959) and The Sword in the Web (1962). She died on 1 October 2014 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK.