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- Sly, manipulative, dangerously cunning and sinister were the key words that best described the roles that Gale Sondergaard played in motion pictures, making her one of the most talented character actresses ever seen on the screen. She was educated at the University of Minnesota and later married director Herbert J. Biberman. Her husband went to find work in Hollywood and she reluctantly followed him there. Although she had extensive experience in stage work, she had no intention of becoming an actress in film. Her mind was changed after she was discovered by director Mervyn LeRoy, who offered her a key role in his film Anthony Adverse (1936); she accepted the part and was awarded the very first Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. LeRoy originally cast her as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but she felt she was not right for that role. Instead, she co-starred opposite Paul Muni in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), a film that won Best Picture in 1937. Sondergaard's most-remembered role was that of the sinister and cunning wife of a husband murdered by Bette Davis' character in The Letter (1940). Sondergaard continued her career rise in films such as Juarez (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940), The Black Cat (1941), and Anna and the King of Siam (1946). Unfortunately, she was blacklisted when she refused to testify during the McCarthy-inspired "Red Scare" hysteria in the 1950s. She eventually returned to films in the 1960s and made her final appearance in the 1983 film Echoes (1982). Gale Sondergaard passed away of an undisclosed illness at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 86.
- Doris Dudley was born on 7 July 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Moon and Sixpence (1942), The Secret Fury (1950) and A Woman Rebels (1936). She died on 14 August 1985 in Greenville, Texas, USA.
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Marie Bell was born on 23 December 1900 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Life Dances On (1937), Madame Récamier (1928) and La garçonne (1936). She was married to Jean Chevrier. She died on 14 August 1985 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Writer
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Alfred Hayes was born on 18 April 1911 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Paisan (1946), Teresa (1951) and Mannix (1967). He was married to Marietta. He died on 14 August 1985 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.- Tommy Common was born on 21 September 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He died on 14 August 1985 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- Lina Heydrich was born on 14 June 1911 in Avendorf, Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was married to Mauno Manninen and Reinhard Heydrich. She died on 14 August 1985 in Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Frank Barton was born on 3 December 1905 in Indiana, USA. Frank is known for Alaska: A Modern Frontier (Revised) (1948). Frank died on 14 August 1985 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.- Inger Bolvig was born on 10 September 1896 in Malmö, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Den ny husassistent (1933) and Komtessen paa Steenholt (1939). She died on 14 August 1985.