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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dorothy Granger was one of the first members of SAG when the Screen Actors Guild was founded in 1933. A Texas beauty contest winner at the age of thirteen, Dorothy's career ran from a long-running two-reel series, as the wife of Leon Errol for RKO, to the long-running television series Death Valley Days (1952) with Ronald Reagan. 'Dott-ee,' as Stan Laurel would call her, worked as a young foil with Laurel & Hardy, a damsel-in-distress for The Three Stooges, and a prop for Lucille Ball to pop in Perfectly Mismated (1934). From one short comedy to another, she worked with every popular comic or comedy team of the twenties and thirties, from Bert Wheeler to W.C. Fields. But Dorothy wanted to be a dramatic actress. She appealed to her funny buddy Andy Devine, who told her, "Put on a petticoat and you'll work forever." She did, and she did. In the forties, it was western after western, working with Lon Chaney Jr. and Devine in North to the Klondike (1942), Randolph Scott and Broderick Crawford in When the Daltons Rode (1940), Robert Young and Betty Grable in Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943), and Gene Autry in Blue Montana Skies (1939). Tiring of westerns, Dorothy ventured into everything from horrors with Bela Lugosi to musicals to the Charlie Chan series with Sidney Toler. By the fifties, she'd hit her stride, working episodic TV, regularly on The Abbott and Costello Show (1952), Cameo Theatre (1950) with James Drury, and The Jack Benny Program (1950). But like the westerns, Dorothy's style had passed, reducing her to bit roles in films like Dondi (1961) with Walter Winchell and David Janssen, New York Confidential (1955) with Anne Bancroft, and Raintree County (1957) with Montgomery Clift. Devine was right - the petticoat was the most natural wardrobe for Dorothy, since she spent most of her career in petticoats and covered wagons. Dorothy accepted that the West was done. Ending her career with over 250 films, she quit. The three most enjoyable things for Dorothy were making movies, her affair with Clark Gable, and watching her grandnephew, Alex Wilde, grow as an actor.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Valeriy Nosik was born on 9 October 1940 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Mramornyy dom (1973), Crime and Punishment (1970) and Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965). He was married to Liya Akhedzhakova and Mariya Sternikova. He died on 4 January 1995 in Moscow, Russia.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Roberto Rodríguez was born on 7 January 1909 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was a writer and director, known for I Shall Live Again (1940), La tigresa (1973) and Mi canción eres tú (1956). He was married to María Susana Enríquez Prieto. He died on 4 January 1995 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Beatrice Fredman was born on 28 December 1918. She was an actress, known for Field of Dreams (1989), Four Friends (1981) and The Enemy (1974). She died on 4 January 1995 in Skokie, Illinois, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Producer
Francis Lopez was born on 15 June 1916 in Montbéliard, Doubs, France. He was a composer and producer, known for French Kiss (1995), Love in Jamaica (1957) and La belle de Cadix (1953). He was married to Catherine Lopez, Anja Lopez, Sylvia Lopez and Colette Vaillant. He died on 4 January 1995 in Paris, France.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Hubert Knapp was born on 16 January 1924 in Toulon, Var, France. He was a director and producer, known for Les femmes aussi (1964), Art et magie de la cuisine (1954) and Dim Dam Dom (1965). He died on 4 January 1995 in Paris, France.- Marc Monjou was born on 21 September 1929 in Monaco. He was an actor, known for Playtime (1967), Les compagnons de Baal (1968) and Galaxie (1972). He died on 4 January 1995 in Paris, France.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Eduardo Mata was born on 5 September 1942 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a composer, known for Sin City (2005), Ya sé quién eres (Te he estado observando) (1971) and El señor de Osanto (1974). He died on 4 January 1995 in Cuernavaca Airport, Mexico.- Albert Putintsev was born on 24 June 1932 in Omsk, RSFSR, USSR. He was a writer, known for Zhitie svyatyh sester (1982) and V odnu-yedinstvennuyu zhizn (1986). He died on 4 January 1995 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Victor Riesel was born on 26 March 1913 in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Alcoa Hour (1955), The Tenth Commandment (1954) and Today (1952). He died on 4 January 1995 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Oliver Crawford was born on 13 March 1911 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Schlitz Playhouse (1951). He died on 4 January 1995 in North Hollywood, California, USA.