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- Actress
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Born on February 17, 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Ann Mobley is one of the few Miss Americas to have true success as an actress or television personality (the others are Barnaby Jones (1973) beauty Lee Meriwether, television hostess Phyllis George, Consumer advocate/game show panelist Bess Myerson and Eraser (1996) heroine Vanessa Williams). After serving as Miss America 1959, Mobley soon became a sought-after guest star in episodic television of the 1960s, appearing on many hit series of that era - Perry Mason (1957), Mission: Impossible (1966), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Virginian (1962), to name a few. Her most important contribution to 1960s popular culture, though, was appearing opposite Elvis Presley in two films - Harum Scarum (1965) and Girl Happy (1965). Her success in film led to a 1965 Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer, an award she shared with Mia Farrow and Celia Milius. She also starred in a number of other B-movies of the 1960s, such as Get Yourself a College Girl (1964) and For Singles Only (1968).
Her television and film output decreased in the 1970s as she raised her daughter, Clancy Collins White, with her husband, Gary Collins. During that decade, her television appearances were mostly guest roles on series such as the iconic series Love, American Style (1969), Fantasy Island (1977), The Love Boat (1977) and the game show Match Game (1973), on which she was a frequent panelist alongside such other famous wiseacres as Betty White, Brett Somers, Patti Deutsch and Charles Nelson Reilly. She and Collins also appeared a number of times performing death-defying high-wire acts and other athletic, outrageous stunts on the annual television event Circus of the Stars (1977).
In the 1980s, she starred as stepmother "Maggie McKinney" in the final season of Diff'rent Strokes (1978), appeared in a recurring role as alcoholism counselor "Dr. Beth Everdene" on the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest (1981) and continued to pop-up as a guest star on series like Hotel (1983) and Matt Houston (1982) and game shows like The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965) and Body Language (1983). She also acted as her husband's frequent guest co-host on his successful talk shows Hour Magazine (1980) and The Home Show (1988), as well as on installments of the Miss America Pageant. In the 1990s, she made guest appearances on the sitcoms Designing Women (1986), Hearts Afire (1992), Hardball (1994) and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). She and Collins were also hosts of an oft-run late 1990s television infomercial for "SelectComfort", a specialty bed product. Also during the 1990s, she toured in the popular play, "Love Letters", with her husband, and performed a cabaret act at the Cinegrill in Hollywood.
Mary Ann and other "Match Game"/"Hollywood Squares" regulars of the 1970s and 1980s (such as Charo, Nipsey Russell, Paul Lynde and Jo Anne Worley) were riotously spoofed on Saturday Night Live (1975) in a 2002 game show sketch called "Super Buzzers" with Tina Fey playing Mary Ann. Mary Ann and her husband soon got a chance to demonstrate their own good humor, appearing as themselves in a satiric infomercial parody on the Showtime series Dead Like Me (2003) in 2003 (the fake infomercial was for a no-effort body-toning contraption - which spontaneously combusts!).- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
George Novak was an actor, known for Mad Max (1979), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) and Mr. Nice Guy (1997). He died on 9 December 2014.- Art Department
- Art Director
- Production Designer
Robert Kinoshita was born on 24 February 1914 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for The Phantom Planet (1961), Highway Patrol (1955) and Hell's Bloody Devils (1970). He was married to Lillian F. Matsuyama. He died on 9 December 2014 in Torrance, California, USA.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Winfred 'Blue' Lovett was born on 16 November 1943 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Spectacular Now (2013), Battle of the Sexes (2017) and Till Death (2021). He was married to Anna Carol Callanan. He died on 9 December 2014 in Goodyear, Arizona, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vefik Hadzismajlovic was born on 25 September 1929 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vefik was a director and writer, known for Dvije polovine srca (1982), Dva zakona (1969) and Na objedu (1972). Vefik died on 9 December 2014 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Craig Schlattman was born on 20 December 1949 in St Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and actor, known for At Ground Zero (1994), The Seller (1997) and A Descent of Woodpeckers (2004). He died on 9 December 2014 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA.- Actress
- Composer
Sheila Stewart was born on 7 July 1935 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress and composer, known for Blackbird (2013), Where You're Meant to Be (2016) and When the Song Dies (2013). She was married to Ian MacGregor. She died on 9 December 2014 in Dundee, Scotland, UK.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Emilio Alquézar was born in 1954 in Barcelona, Spain. He was a composer and actor, known for Dragon Hill. La colina del dragón (2002), Neon Flesh (2010) and Amor de hombre (1997). He died on 9 December 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.- Art Department
- Production Designer
- Set Decorator
Dorota Dabrowska was born on 9 April 1971 in Poland. She was a production designer and set decorator, known for The Photographer (2014), Samo zycie (2002) and Afonia i pszczoly (2009). She died on 9 December 2014 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.- Karl Otto Pöhl was born on 1 December 1929 in Hannover, Germany. He was married to Ulrike Pesch. He died on 9 December 2014 in Switzerland.
- Music Department
Jose Feghali was born on 28 March 1961 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jose is known for Qwerty (2012). Jose died on 9 December 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.- Art Department
Jane Freilicher was born on 29 November 1924 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is known for Something's Gotta Give (2003) and A Sense of Place: The Artist and the American Land (1980). She was married to Joseph H. Hazan and Jack Freilicher. She died on 9 December 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- José Feghali was born on 28 March 1961 in Brazil. He died on 9 December 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- Mikhail Logvinov was born on 6 June 1941. He was an actor, known for Much Ado About Nothing (1973), Visokosnyy god (1962) and Gorod - odna ulitsa (1964). He died on 9 December 2014 in Moscow, Russia.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Cecile Starr was born on 14 July 1921 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She was a writer and director, known for Islamic Carpets (1970), Remembering Mary Ellen Bute (2008) and Mobilcolor: The Art of Light Projection (1985). She was married to Aram Boyajian. She died on 9 December 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.- Dominic Di-Natale was born in 1971 in the UK. He died on 9 December 2014 in Jefferson County, Colorado, USA.