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- Peller was born in Russia in 1902, one of eight or nine children of Wolf Swerdlove (Swerdlov/Sverdlov; died 1949) and Yudis (aka "Julia") Tilkin (or Tilken; died 1952). The family emigrated to the United States when she was a child, settling in Chicago. In 1925, Clara Swerdlove married a local jeweler, William Peller. The couple had two children (a son, Leslie, and a daughter, Marlene) before divorcing some eight years later. Clara worked as a manicurist for thirty-five years at a local Chicago beauty salon. She moved to a North Shore apartment to be closer to her daughter after she retired. Peller was hired as a temporary manicurist for a television commercial set in a Chicago barbershop. The agency which produced the commercial was so impressed by her uniquely harsh foghorn voice and gruff, no-nonsense manner they signed her as an actress. Peller became a surprise celebrity in her early 1980s with her delightfully cantankerous appearances in a series of extremely funny TV commercials for the fast food chain Wendy's in which she loudly grumbled the memorable catchphrase, "WHERE'S THE BEEF ?", upon seeing an oversized hamburger bun with a centered greatly reduced in size hamburger. Peller capitalized on her newfound fame by making guest appearances as herself on a 1984 episode of "Saturday Night Live" and the pay-per-view cable TV WrestleMania 2 (1986). Peller briefly popped up in the "Remote Control Man" episode of Amazing Stories (1985) and had small roles in the films Moving Violations (1985) and The Stuff (1985). She echoed her legendary refrain on a .45 single called "Where's the Beef?", written and recorded by Coyote McCloud. In addition, there were such spin-off memorabilia items as coffee mugs, beach towels, t-shirts, a board game, and even a Clara Peller doll. However, Peller was fired by Wendy's for appearing in a TV commercial for Prego Pasta Plus spaghetti sauce, in which she held a large jar and joyfully exclaims, "I found it! I really found it!" Peller died at age 85 on 11 August 1987 in her native Chicago from congestive heart failure and coronary atherosclerosis.
- Actor
- Writer
Alexander Ziegler was born on 8 March 1944 in Zürich, Switzerland. He was an actor and writer, known for The Consequence (1977), Samstag, Sonntag, Montag (1964) and Telearena (1976). He died on 11 August 1987 in Zürich, Switzerland.- Zivko Cingo was born on 13 August 1936 in Velgosti near Ohrid, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer, known for Kolnati sme, Irina (1973), Zedj (1971) and The Great Water (2004). He died on 11 August 1987 in Ohrid, Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
- Director
- Writer
Zvonimir Bajsic was born on 19 October 1925 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Klupa na Jurjevskom (1972), Prica o Zvjezdani (1978) and Pustolov pred vratima (1961). He died on 11 August 1987 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.- Archie L. Tegland was born on 7 January 1928 in Little Rock, Washington, USA. Archie L. was a writer, known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) and The Lieutenant (1963). Archie L. died on 11 August 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Kurt Seelmann was born on 18 May 1900 in Munich, Germany. He was a writer, known for The School Girls (1970), Campus Swingers (1972) and Naughty Freshmen (1977). He died on 11 August 1987 in Taufkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.
- Metaksia Simonyan was born on 21 January 1926 in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]. She was an actress, known for The Girl of Ararat Valley (1949), Anahit (1947) and Kamoyi verjin skhranqe (1974). She died on 11 August 1987 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
- Joan Deering was born on 20 January 1913 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939) and Ten from the Twenties (1975). She was married to Glenn Walter Nurse, Wallace Russell Parnell, Robert Frederick Vaughan Jones and Thomas Jerome Masse. She died on 11 August 1987 in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.
- Sound Department
Clarence E. Self was born on 31 July 1911 in Missouri, USA. He is known for Madame X (1966), In Enemy Country (1968) and The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975). He died on 11 August 1987 in Burbank, California, USA.- Giovanni Poggiali was an actor, known for Cartoline italiane (1987), Attentato al Papa (1986) and Saturnino Farandola (1977). He died on 11 August 1987 in Sicignano degli Alburni, Salerno, Campania, Italy.
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
F. Herrick Herrick was born on 25 March 1895 in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Obeah (1935), Fish Story (1947) and The Invention (1925). He was married to Alma June Leaman. He died on 11 August 1987 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA.