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Irving Allen started his film career in 1929 as an editor. He turned to directing in the 1940s, and two shorts he directed, Forty Boys and a Song (1941) and Climbing the Matterhorn (1947), won Academy Awards. His feature film output, however, was not particularly successful, and in the 1950s he and producer Albert R. Broccoli formed Warwick Films in Great Britain to produce films there.- She was born Pansy Wilcox, one of the six children of Kentucky optometrist and drugstore owner James Wilcox. Her siblings included actress Ruth Selwyn, who was married to producer-director Edgar Selwyn, one of the founders of the Goldwyn Studios, and director Fred M. Wilcox, who directed Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956). She was also the sister-in-law of actress Norma Talmadge, who was married to her brother-in-law Joseph M. Schenck, and mother-in-law of actor Helmut Dantine, best known for appearing in Casablanca (1942). After a career as a showgirl, she became the second wife of Nicholas M. Schenck (Nicholas Schenck, the president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer parent-company Lowe's Inc. and one of the pioneers of the movie industry. He also owned the Palisades Amusement Park in Fort Lee, New Jersey from 1911 until 1935, with his older brother Joseph, also a movie-industry executive.
The Schencks had three daughters: Marti, who married actor Helmut Dantine; Joanne, who gave her parents two grandchildren, Leslie and Kevin Frank Brandt; and Nicola, who was a nightclub chanteuse. - Marguerite Yourcenar was born on 8 June 1903 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a writer, known for Coup de Grâce (1976), Memoirs of Hadrian and L'oeuvre au noir (1988). She died on 17 December 1987 in Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Marion Sundh was born on 2 May 1927 in Skänninge, Östergötland, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Flottare med färg (1952), Klockorna i Gamla sta'n (1946) and 91:an Karlssons bravader (1951). She died on 17 December 1987 in Råsunda, Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Lia Corelli, stage name of Lelia Parodi (Genoa, 16 March 1922 - Rome, 17 December 1987), was an Italian actress, active between 1937 and 1952, a period in which she played a dozen of cinema films Italian. She had two sons by screenwriter and director Ivo Perilli, Valeria Perilli, voice actress and Plinio Perilli, poet and essayist.
- Rosaline Greene was born on 3 December 1905 in Hampstead, New York, USA. She was married to Joseph M. Barnett. She died on 17 December 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Endre Vajda was born on 18 July 1914 in Dés, Austria-Hungary [now Dej, Romania]. Endre is known for Halló! Halló! (1955). Endre died on 17 December 1987 in Budapest, Hungary.- Production Manager
- Producer
Wilhelm Sperber was born on 14 March 1908 in Nürnberg, Germany. He was a production manager and producer, known for Wer bist du, den ich liebe? (1949), Ein Robinson (1940) and Schön ist die Welt (1957). He was married to Mady Rahl. He died on 17 December 1987 in Munich, Germany.- Hans-Dieter Schlegel was born on 31 December 1925 in Halle/Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Der Hexer (1962). He died on 17 December 1987 in Bautzen, German Democratic Republic.
- Lily Elikofer was born on 7 March 1914 in Århus, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Damen med de lyse handsker (1942). She died on 17 December 1987.