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Mary Beth Hughes' parents separated while she was still a baby. She was brought up by a grandmother whose dearest wish was to make her an actress. As a result, she started her career at an early age while still a high school student. She starred in the stage version of "Alice in Wonderland" then had parts in "Daddy Long Legs" and "A Midsummer's Night Dream" with the Clifford Brooks company. She graduated from a high school in Washington in June 1937. Mary Beth then worked again with the Brooks company in the summer of 1938. The same year, she was offered a contract by MGM first, soon followed by a 20th Century Fox one. By the end of 1949, she sang in night clubs with her husband David Street. She also sang in nightclubs - but alone this time - between 1963 and 1965. It is to be noted that she provisionally left her acting and singing career in 1961 to become a receptionist-technician for an L.A. plastic surgeon.- Richard Frank was born on 4 January 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Amadeus (1984), Remington Steele (1982) and Falcon Crest (1981). He died on 27 August 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anthony Baird was born on 1 January 1919 in Hillhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), Reluctant Heroes (1952) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Evelyn Millicent Amelia Hardwick. He died on 27 August 1995 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- A stalwart from the great days of radio comedy, actor Dick Bentley is best remembered as the gormless Ron in the Denis Norden and Frank Muir's fifties series Take It From Here.
Bentley was born in Australia and during his teens played the saxophone in local dance bands. He came to Britain in 1939 and appeared briefly in the BBC radio series You've Asked For It.
During the Second World War he returned to Australia where he entertained the troops. He also appeared in troop shows throughout the South Pacific and in New Guinea.
After the War he returned to London and appeared in radio's The Navy Mixture before teaming up with Joy Nichols and the comedian Jimmy Edwards in Take It From Here.
He also had his own weekly radio series Gently, Bentley and subsequently appeared in a number of Royal Command Performances. His film appearance included an excellent cameo in The Sundowners (1960), with Robert Mitchum and an amusing role in Barry Humphries' The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972).
He was also a noted singer of light popular songs and made a number of LPs.
From the early 1970s he lived in retirement in London. In his last interview he said: "I'd sooner be remembered as a funny man than that people remembered the funny things I say. I don't want to be a second-hand Tommy Handley. I want to be a first class Bentley." - Writer
- Actor
Earle Birney was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1904, and was educated at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, Berkeley and University of London.
At the age of twelve he became the editor of a realistic underground newspaper. When a teacher saw a copy of the paper, she deemed it as pornographic; Birney says "the communication intended was successful, but the only reward we got then was the cat-of-nine-tails".
He later worked as a creative writing teacher at several universities, most notably University of British Columbia (where he founded Canada's first creative writing department) and the University of Toronto.
His most famous works include David and other poems, and Now is Time, both of which won him the Governor general's Literary Award in 1942 and 1945 respectively. He died in 1995.- Composer
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Dee Ervin was born on 8 July 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Hit and Run (2012), Black Starlet (1974) and Several Friends (1969). He died on 27 August 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Animation Department
Carl Giles was born on 29 September 1916 in London, England, UK. Carl is known for Worker and Warfront No. 8 (1943), Steve's Treasure Hunt (1937) and Steve of the River (1937). Carl was married to Joan Clarke. Carl died on 27 August 1995 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK.