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Daniel Petrie was born on 26 November 1920 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for The Bay Boy (1984), A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and The Assistant (1997). He was married to Dorothea G. Petrie. He died on 22 August 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- The memories are vague when it comes to recalling this London-born leading lady, but Muriel Angelus did have her moments. She managed to appear in a few classic Broadway musical shows and Hollywood films before her early retirement in the mid-1940s.
Of Scottish parentage and the daughter of a chemist, the former Muriel Findlay was born on March 10,1909. Developing a sweet-voiced soprano at an early, Muriel made her singing debut at 12, eventually changing her last name and becoming a popular music hall performer. She made her West End debut in the musical production of "The Vagabond King" in 1927.
Muriel entered films toward the end of the silent era with The Ringer (1928), the first of three movie versions of the Edgar Wallace play. Her second film Sailors Don't Care (1928) (1928) was important only in that she met her first husband, Scots-born actor John Stuart. Her part was excised from the film. Other silents included The Infamous Lady (1928) and the German film Mascottchen (1929).
Muriel moved into leading femme parts in sound pictures with Night Birds (1930) in which she got to sing a number, but most of her films would not usurp her musical talents. The sweet-natured actress who played both ingenues and 'other woman' roles, went on to co-star with her husband in the romantic comedy No Exit (1930), and appeared opposite others in the Edgar Wallace crimer Red Aces (1930), the comedies Let's Love and Laugh (1931) and My Wife''s Family (1931), again with her husband in Hindle Wakes (1931). After co-starring in the crime stories Detective Lloyd (1932) and Blind Spot (1932) and the comedy Don't Be a Dummy (1932), she co-starred with British star Monty Banks in one of his farcical comedies So You Won't Talk (1935).
Muriel received a career lift with the glossy musical London stage hit "Balalaika" and a chain of events happened with its success. It led to her securing the pivotal role of Adriana in "The Boys From Syracuse" and, in turn, a contract with Paramount Pictures. Divorced from Stuart by this time, Muriel settled in Hollywood and made her best known films while there. She was quite touching as girlfriend to blind painter Ronald Colman in The Light That Failed (1939), a second remake of the Rudyard Kipling novel, and appeared to great advantage as a con-artist in The Way of All Flesh (1940). She was given the second lead in the romantic adventure Safari (1940) and appeared in her last film, Preston Sturges' classic satire The Great McGinty (1940), as Brian Donlevy's secretary.
After scoring another long-running Broadway hit with "Early To Bed" in 1943, Muriel met Radio City Music Hall orchestra conductor Paul Lavalle while appearing on radio in New York and married him in 1946. She retired to raise a family in New England. They had a daughter, Suzanne, who later worked for NBC. Muriel pretty much stayed out of the limelight for the remainder of her life.
Muriel died at age 95 in a Virginia nursing home in August 22, 2004, some seven years after her husband's death. - Actress
Eleanor Shaw was born on 23 May 1913 in Bronx, New York City, USA. She was an actress. She was married to George Edward Shibley and Van Heflin. She died on 22 August 2004 in Long Beach, California, USA.- Eimei Esumi was born on 5 October 1935 in Shimane, Japan. He was an actor, known for Gate of Flesh (1964), Yomigaeru kinrô (1979) and The Flowers and the Angry Waves (1964). He died on 22 August 2004 in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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George Kirgo was born on 26 March 1926 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Spinout (1966), Red Line 7000 (1965) and Voices (1973). He was married to Angela Wales and Terry Newell. He died on 22 August 2004 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Editor
- Cinematographer
- Composer
Alfredo Muschietti was born on 22 November 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an editor and cinematographer, known for Mignon è partita (1988), Giocare il sogno, filmare il gioco (1990) and Equinozio (1971). He died on 22 August 2004 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- John Southworth was born on 8 November 1929 in Fylde, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sara Crewe (1951), The Black Arrow (1951) and Coronation Street (1960). He died on 22 August 2004 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK.
- Angus Bethune was born on 10 September 1908 in Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia. He was married to Alexandra Perronet Pritchard. He died on 22 August 2004 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- Al Dvorin was born on 18 November 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Heartbreak Hotel (1988), Aloha from Sweden (2006) and One Night of Sin (2003). He died on 22 August 2004 in Ivanpah, California, USA.
- Susan Sutton was born on 20 August 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 22 August 2004 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.