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- Antony Ponzini was born on 1 June 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Hardbodies (1984) and Remington Steele (1982). He died on 30 December 2002 in Moosup, Connecticut, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dubbed "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures", Mary Brian started life as Louise Byrdie Datzler. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, and went to high school in Dallas. Her widowed mother had big plans for young Louise and took her to California in 1923, with the intention of getting her into the film business. After several unsuccessful attempts, a bathing beauty competition in Long Beach resulted in a second-prize letter of introduction to Herbert Brenon at Paramount and the girl with the dark brown curls and blue/gray eyes wound up being screen-tested for the role of Wendy in Peter Pan (1924), co-starring Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston (with whom she would form lifelong friendships). She not only got the part but a five-year contract with Paramount (1925-30) and a new name.
In 1926 she became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, which further enhanced her popularity. During the next few years she played ornamental leads and second leads as adolescent heroines, co-eds and ingénues. Many of those early silent features no longer exist today (Paris at Midnight (1926), among others), though surviving reels of some, like The Air Mail (1925), can still be accessed at the Library of Congress. Mary effortlessly made the transition from silents to talkies, co-starring with Gary Cooper as a feisty schoolmarm on the frontier in The Virginian (1929). One of her biggest hits was as Gwen Cavendish in the urbane comedy The Royal Family of Broadway (1930), with Ina Claire and Fredric March. A thinly disguised caricature of the private lives of the Barrymore dynasty, it hit the mark to the extent that Ethel Barrymore even threatened to sue Paramount. Mary acted three times opposite W.C. Fields, first as his daughter in Running Wild (1927), later reprising her role for The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934) (the third was Two Flaming Youths (1927), another lost film).
Signing up for another four-year contract, Mary was one of the all-star cast in the musical Paramount on Parade (1930) and then was given another good part in the first talkie version of The Front Page (1931). However, she was dropped from her contract (alongside her more illustrious colleagues Fay Wray and Jean Arthur) when Paramount began to forsake innocence and charm in favor of glamour and sophistication. From 1932 Mary freelanced and also performed occasionally in vaudeville at the Palace Theater. Arguably her last good picture was the romantic comedy Hard to Handle (1933), with James Cagney as a grifter (hilariously promoting grapefruit diets, spoofing his infamous scene with Mae Clarke in The Public Enemy (1931)). In 1936 Mary went to England, where she co-starred opposite Cary Grant in The Amazing Adventure (1936). She then made several pictures for Poverty Row companies such as Majestic and Monogram, including the low-budget potboiler I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943).
Mary's motion picture career faded after 1937 and she turned towards the stage. In 1940 she went on tour with "Three after Three" , alongside Simone Simon and Mitzi Green and later entertained American troops in the South Pacific as part of the USO. In the 1950's, she enjoyed a brief resurgence on television as the mother of a "Gidget"-type teen in the syndicated sitcom Meet Corliss Archer (1954). After the death of her second husband, the film editor George Tomasini, Mary spent her retirement fulfilling a lifelong passion for portrait painting.- Martha Outlaw was born on 29 April 1914 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Cover Girl (1944). She was married to Secondo Guasti III and Henry Edwards Huntington II. She died on 30 December 2002 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Mary Wesley was born on 24 June 1912 in Englefield Green, Surrey, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Camomile Lawn (1992), Jumping the Queue (1989) and The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995). She was married to Eric Siepmann and Lord Swinfen. She died on 30 December 2002 in Totnes, Devon, England, UK.- Production Manager
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Primitivo Álvaro was born in 1942 in Spain. He was a production manager and producer, known for The City of Lost Children (1995), Las cartas de Alou (1990) and Mondays in the Sun (2002). He died on 30 December 2002 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Kenneth Rive was born on 26 July 1918 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Horror Express (1972), Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932) and The Boys (1962). He died on 30 December 2002 in Radlett, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Jim E. Quick was born on 13 May 1937 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Road Hustlers (1968) and Chattahoochee (1989). He died on 30 December 2002 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
- John Slavid was born on 28 October 1931 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Company of Five (1968), Danger Man (1960) and Softly Softly (1966). He died on 30 December 2002 in Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Carl Schwende was born on 20 February 1920 in Basel, Switzerland. He died on 30 December 2002 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Rosemary Malkin was born on 9 August 1914 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for M.U.G.E.N (1999), Pacific 13 (1956) and Spectrum (1958). She was married to Robert Eldridge Malkin. She died on 30 December 2002 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.