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Virile, handsome and square-jawed youthful star of the 1970s and 1980s who showed early potential at super-stardom, Jan-Michael Vincent originally made a name for himself portraying rebellious young men bucking the system, as in The Tribe (1970), White Line Fever (1975) and Baby Blue Marine (1976) or as a man of action on either side of the law, as in The Mechanic (1972), Vigilante Force (1976) and The Winds of War (1983).
He was born in July 1944 in Denver, Colorado, and was finishing a stint in the National Guard when a talent scout was struck by his all-American looks. He made his first appearance on-screen in The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967), before appearing in Journey to Shiloh (1968) and in "Danger Island" on the Hanna-Barbera kids TV show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968). He remained very busy during the 1970s, appearing in high-profile productions alongside such stars as John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Charles Bronson, Slim Pickens and Robert Mitchum.
In 1984, Vincent was cast as Stringfellow Hawke in the helicopter action series Airwolf (1984), co-starring Ernest Borgnine. The show wrapped after three seasons and from then on he was primarily appearing in low-budget, B-grade action and sci-fi films, including Alienator (1990), The Deadly Avenger (1992), Deadly Heroes (1993) and Lethal Orbit (1996). His last film was the woeful gang movie White Boy (2002), and ongoing health issues and personal problems seemed to preclude his return to the screen.
Vincent will be best remembered by film fans as a smirking, apprentice hit man to Charles Bronson in The Mechanic (1972), as feisty "Matt" in the superb surf movie Big Wednesday (1978) with Gary Busey and William Katt, or as rebel trucker Carol Jo Hummer battling corruption in White Line Fever (1975).- Actress
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Stylish, slender-framed, raven-haired Daliah Lavi was made for alluring, exotic types and princess roles with her mesmerizing beauty, chiseled cheek bones and long, flowing mane. The Israeli actress first became a star in Europe before making a dent in Hollywood as part of a wave of knockout foreign star imports that flooded Hollywood during the mid 1960s -- Claudia Cardinale, Julie Christie, Jeanne Moreau, Liv Ullmann, Melina Mercouri, Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset, Romy Schneider, Elke Sommer, Senta Berger, Rosanna Schiaffino, Geneviève Bujold, Capucine, Shirley Eaton, Sylva Koscina, Barbara Bouchet, Susannah York, Rita Tushingham, Monica Vitti, Vanessa Redgrave and her sister Lynn Redgrave, and Catherine Deneuve and her sister Françoise Dorléac. Like most of the others, Daliah was to be viewed as a viable sex symbol contender. In her case, she found decorative, second-tier notice via tongue-in-cheek spy spoofs, crime mysteries, erotic thrillers and rugged adventures. In retrospect, she may have fallen short of the illustrious Hollywood pedestal, but she did create a fine, if brief, stir.
She was born Daliah Levenbuch in the Moshav Shavey Zion, in the British Mandate of Palestine on October 12, 1942. The daughter of Reuben and Ruth Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch), who were of German-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent, she was sent as a child to Stockholm, Sweden in the early 1950s to train in dance. She made her first film there at age 13 in the drama Hemsöborna (1955) playing the daughter of a professor. Her start in films was interrupted when she returned to Israeli following her father's death and joined the Israeli Army.
Following this period, she returned to acting and, being fluent in many European languages, began to figure in prominently with a host of French, Italian, German and English productions, often as a co-star. Such early films include a starring role in the German/Israeli co-production Brennender Sand (1960); the classic Voltaire comedy Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960) co-starring as Cunegonde alongside Jean-Pierre Cassel in the title role; and the Martine Carol drama Un soir sur la plage (1961). She continued to build up a strong European film reputation with the war drama No Time for Ecstasy (1961) co-starring Peter van Eyck; the mystery crime The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961) starring Gert Fröbe and post-Tarzan Lex Barker; and made her American movie debut (earning a Golden Globe "Newcomer" Award in the process) as the second femme lead in the Kirk Douglas starer Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), directed by Vincente Minnelli.
Daliah gained considerable ground enhancing and beautifying such foreign movie product as the ensemble French crime mystery Le jeu de la vérité (1961) (aka The Game of Truth); the German comedy satire Das schwarz-weiß-rote Himmelbett (1962); the title role of a sultry peasant girl accused of being a witch in the Italian/French co-production Il demonio (1963) (aka The Demon); the European western action film Old Shatterhand (1964) starring U.S. imports Lex Barker and Guy Madison; the continental costumed adventure Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964) starring José Ferrer and Jean-Pierre Cassel as Cyrano and D'Artagnan; the German comedy thriller They're Too Much (1965) starring Curd Jürgens, and the one of the ensemble suspects in the internationally cast whodunit Ten Little Indians (1965).
The actress hit her height of international popularity with four popular English/US-based films: as "The Girl" in the epic adventure Lord Jim (1965) starring Peter O'Toole and James Mason; as Princess Natasha in the spy comedy The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) opposite Laurence Harvey; an alluring double agent in the first Matt Helm entry The Silencers (1966) starring Dean Martin; and as a sexy enemy weapon in the phantasmagorical Bondian spoof Casino Royale (1967), starring Peter Sellers and an all-star international cast. The last-mentioned film, in particular, had American male audiences taking major notice.
Decked out in tight mini-skirts, thigh-high go-go boots and a helmet of black hair, Daliah fit in perfectly with the times, a swinging, gorgeous chick of the psychedelic 60s. She quickly lost momentum, however, cast in such overlooked films as Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967), The High Commissioner (1968) and Some Girls Do (1969). Her final film would be in the western comedy Catlow (1971) starring Yul Brynner.
In the 1970s Daliah pursued a singing career in Germany after being discovered by record producer Jimmy Bowien. A popular draw, she had a few hit songs and covered many international songwriters and artists. She was also glimpsed again on German television in the 90s for a brief spell. Daliah died on May 3, 2017, in North Carolina. Her fourth husband of 40 years, Charles Gans, survived her, along with four children, including her son Alex Gans who follow in her footsteps in film as a film editor, producer and director.- Actor
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Harry Anderson was born on 14 October 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Night Court (1984), It (1990) and Tales from the Crypt (1989). He was married to Elizabeth Morgan and Leslie Pollack. He died on 16 April 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Actor
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Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins was born on 29 August 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for National Velvet (1944), Boys' Ranch (1946) and Summer Holiday (1948). He was married to Glenda Larue Birmingham. He died on 14 August 2001 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Louan Gideon was born on 12 November 1955 in Erath County, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994), Suburban Commando (1991) and Treehouse Hostage (1999). She was married to Walt Borchers. She died on 3 February 2014 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- Ed Crowley was born on 5 September 1926 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Witness (1985), Serpico (1973) and Three Days of the Condor (1975). He was married to Ruth Baker. He died on 11 March 2013 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- Joanne Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri to John L. Field and Eunice Stearns Field. Her parents were both native North Carolinians and they returned to NC when she was a baby. She grew up in Marion, NC. She attended Queens College in Charlotte, NC, and was graduated from Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC with a double major in English and Music. She took graduate courses at UNC-Chapel Hill. On 23 June 1962, she married Lt. Kenneth O. Pankow, of the US Navy. They lived in Asheville, NC. Joanne taught school for many years, but took early retirement from teaching to pursue a career as a professional actress. She got her start on the TV series "In the Heat of the Night," and was in more than 60 films, series, commercials, etc. She was in "Two Soldiers," a short film based on a William Faulkner short story that won an Oscar for best short film. In addition to acting, Joanne was an accomplished musician. She played the piano, pipe organ and harp.
- Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She was strikingly beautiful and intelligent, but wild and impatient with learning. In the summer of 1918, shortly after graduating from high school, she met an Army lieutenant and aspiring novelist named F. Scott Fitzgerald at a dance at the Montgomery Country Club. Following a stormy courtship, Zelda married him one week after the publication of his first novel. Their only child Frances Scott Fitzgerald Smith (nicknamed "Scottie") was born in October 1921. The early years of their marriage were ones of high living, financed by Scott's success as a writer and shaped by his drinking. Between 1922 and 1932, Zelda wrote articles for the New York Tribune, Scribner's magazine, Metropolitan magazine and The New Yorker.
At the age of 27, Zelda decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a professional ballerina, and began to study ballet in Paris. However, after two years of dedication, she realized she had started the pursuit of dance too late and had a nervous breakdown. Gradually her behavior became more erratic and obsessive, and the Fitzgeralds' relationship more strained. Zelda spent the next decade in and out of mental hospitals, including Johns Hopkins in Baltimore; Craig House in Beacon, New York; and Prangins Clinic in Switzerland. During one hospital stay, she wrote her only novel, "Save Me the Waltz", which was published in 1932. She also painted throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Though a woman of exceptional energy and ability, her doctors' failure to diagnose her mental disability, as well as the demise of her marriage, took its toll on her talent, and, as a result, Zelda published only a handful of articles and short stories in her lifetime. Her husband eventually moved to Hollywood to become a screenwriter, and died of a heart attack in his mistress' (Sheilah Graham) home. Eight years later, Zelda died in a fire while staying at the Highland mental facility in Asheville, North Carolina. - Robert Morgan was born on 31 July 1918 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Linda Dickerson and Elizabeth Morgan. He died on 15 May 2004 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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George Gray was born on 30 October 1894 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Science Fiction Theatre (1955), Men Into Space (1959) and Rogues Gallery (1944). He was married to Elsie Tarron and Marie Klentz. He died on 8 September 1967 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Ruth Warren was born on 27 March 1901 in Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for The Guilty Generation (1931), Men on Call (1930) and Canon City (1948). She died on 9 July 1986 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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Jon was a professional actor, writer and director in New York and L.A. for 26 years. In the mid-80's, he was acknowledged as one of the most recognizable commercial talents by Ad Age Magazine. Some of his most notable campaigns were, Herb for BURGER KING, the "Same Old Same Old" man for ARBY'S, Louie the Lip for RC COLA, the comic spokesman for MAZDA, ATT, NYNEX, IBM, DIMETAPP and SUBARU to name just a few. He practiced his craft in the top film market in the world. He appeared with stars like Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Willis, Cloris Leachman, Elijah Woods and Lily Tomlin among others, as well as guest starring on TV shows including "Night Court", "Moonlighting," Mel Brook's "Nutthouse," J.A.G. "Murphy Brown" and "The Twilight Zone. This singular experience has sharpened his approach to story creation and elevated his standards to match the level of the high profile practitioners that populate the art of filmed storytelling. Retiring from acting in 2001, Jon and his wife Louisa moved to pursue a new creative life in Asheville, NC. Combining his interest in writing and film production, with his B.A in political history from the University of Georgia, he ventured into the world of media concepts in 2001. Projects include The Asheville School Movie, the Snap-On Tools interactive video web campaign "ain'tstreetlegal.com" and the new film "Magic in the Forest", a fable designed to inspire children to reconnect with nature.- Janell McLeod was born on 26 July 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for The Gift (2000), Love Field (1992) and The Handmaid's Tale (1990). She died on 11 March 2019 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- Robert Eichelberger was born on 9 March 1886 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He was married to Emmaline Gudger. He died on 26 September 1961 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- Lionel White was born on 9 July 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Killing (1956), The Money Trap (1965) and The Night of the Following Day (1969). He died on 26 December 1985 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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Robert Moog was born on 23 May 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Shirleigh Moog and Ileana Moog. He died on 21 August 2005 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Actress
Francis Koon was born on 12 December 1911 in Virginia, USA. She was an actress. She died on 20 December 2006 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Writer
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Steve Kreinberg was born on 23 April 1946 in the USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993), Head of the Class (1986) and Herman's Head (1991). He was married to Robin Baskin and Nancy Kreinberg. He died on 30 March 2020 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Actor
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George Beverly Shea was born on 1 February 1909 in Winchester, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Heart Is a Rebel (1958), Who I Am (2004) and Mr. Texas (1951). He was married to Karlene Aceto and Erma L Scharfe. He died on 16 April 2013 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Talmage Powell was born on 4 October 1920 in Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer, known for Tales of the Unexpected (1979), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and Les créatures du bon Dieu (1967). He was married to Mildred Morgan. He died on 3 March 2000 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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Karl Genus was born on 20 July 1918 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Festival of Arts (1962), The Robert Herridge Theater (1960) and Great Ghost Tales (1961). He was married to Muriel Valentine Clerk. He died on 29 May 2003 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Ryda Black was born on 11 August 1989. He was an actor, known for Young Bobby Dre feat. Ryda Black & Rah Realz: Came Up (2017), Marlowe feat. Money Mawk & Ryda Black: Foxboro (2017) and Dominoes Slime feat. PHE Mook, Yung Bobby Dre & Ryda Black: Beast (2019). He died on 29 May 2021 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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James T. Woods was born on 7 February 1941 in Franklin, Indiana, USA. He is known for Blade Runner (1982), Timecop (1994) and The Deer Hunter (1978). He was married to Joanne Davis. He died on 4 October 2021 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.- Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born on 21 March 1882 in Mars Hill, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Freda Lunsford and Nellie Sara Triplett. He died on 4 September 1973 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- Creston Clarke was born on 20 August 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Battle of Ballots (1915). He was married to Adelaide Prince. He died on 21 March 1910 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.