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- Beryl Cooke was born on 1 November 1906 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Happy Ever After (1974), Compact (1962) and Comedy Playhouse (1961). She died on 21 August 2001 in London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Like many movie extras of his era, Ken Dumain's work depended on maintaining his anonymity. DuMain found his way to California when he got out of the military. Through various connections, DuMain was able to get his Screen Extras Guild card in the 1940s. This launched a career that spanned six decades.
Starting in the 1940s, DuMain continually appeared in musicals that were filmed during that period. It was during this time that he started to make connections that would help him throughout his entire career. DuMain became affiliated with various personal personnel at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This led him to get cast as an extra in most of the movies that were filmed at the studio.
By the 1950s, DuMain found steady work as a stand-in. He developed a long-lasting friendship with Peter Lawford. He worked as Lawford's stand-in and Lawford frequently took him on location when he filmed various movies. Lawford always made sure to take care of DuMain and he would have him occasionally act as his stunt double.
As Lawford's acting career came to a close, DuMain found steady work at MGM. He found regular work as the stand-in for Dean Jagger Mon Mr. Novak. After Mr. Novak was ended, DuMain became the regular stand-in for Lloyd Bridges on The Loner. Unfortunately for DuMain, the show was canceled as a season.
By the 1970s, it became extremely difficult for people to make a living as a screen extras guild. DuMain frequently found work as a stand-in on various shows and movies. His biggest break became a regular bar patron and stand-in on the television show Cheers in the 1980s.
Always a fan of classic movies, DuMain and his partner David Bradley would frequently host elaborate parties dedicated to old silent movies. They would frequently invite one of the actors in the movie to watch the movie during the party. Though he passed away in 2001, Ken DuMain left a legacy of an actor you could depend on to be professional and a person you could always depend on to be a true friend.- Tony Cyrus was born on 24 July 1928 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Living Daylights (1987), Spies Like Us (1985) and Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971). He died on 21 August 2001 in Brent, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Sieglinde Weichert was born on 25 January 1905 in Aachen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Zwischen den Flügen (1973). She died on 21 August 2001 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Isabel Spagnuolo was born in 1948 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Déjate querer (1993), Grecia (1987) and Tengo calle (1981). She died on 21 August 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Actress
She grew up in Los Angeles in the home of her father, an executive with the Sid Grauman organization, and her paternal grandmother, a retired hotelier.
Upon her graduation from the Flintridge Academy in 1933, she was given a screen test at Paramount, and hired as a singer and dancer. She appeared in virtually every musical made at Paramount from 1933 to 1939. She used to joke that she went to college at Paramount, since she appeared in all the so-called "College" movies [i.e., "College Swing" (1938}, "College Humor" (1933), "College Rhythm" (1934), "College Holiday" (1936), "Murder Goes to College" (1937), etc.
In 1939, she was loaned out to MGM for crowd scenes in both "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz." She later went on the road with a trio known as the Singing Powers Models, playing Loew's State in New York City among other vaudeville venues. It was in New York City that she met her husband.
After World War II ended, her family moved to Los Angeles, and she retired from performing.