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- Charles F. Blair was born on 19 July 1909 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Charles F. was a writer, known for Beyond the Curtain (1960). Charles F. was married to Maureen O'Hara. Charles F. died on 2 September 1978 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Dora Patricia Detering-Nathan was born in Tientsin, China, the daughter of British Army Major Walter Nathan and his Austrian wife. She received her school education in England, Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was, therefore, linguistically well-equipped to appear in films in England as well as on the continent. Her stage name was an amalgamation of two popular contemporary operettas: Sari (also known as 'The Gypsy Violinist') and Countess Maritza, both composed by 'Emmerich Kalman'.
Sari made her screen debut in her mother's home town, Vienna, and then went on to film in Budapest, Berlin and London. Most of her films were low budget efforts, such as 'Monte Carlo Madness', which was made by Ufa simultaneously in English and in German (as Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)). In this, she played a queen. Ironically, the New York Times commented in a June 4 1932 review about the 'vivacious Continental actress', that her "English is fluent and she looks far more attractive than she does in Forgotten Commandments". Forgotten Commandments (1932) was a patchwork which re-used left-over footage from Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1923), and had Maritza playing a vamp. The New York Times stated (June 2 1) that, though her make-up "was not in her favour", she gave a "competent performance". The connection between Ufa and Paramount was significant in launching Sari Maritza's brief Hollywood career. Paramount, always experimenting with continental actresses in the hope of finding another Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich, invented a fictitious, exotic background for her, though she was first, and foremost, English. Usually cast in femme fatale roles, neither the quality of her subsequent films, nor her performances, suggested major star potential. Sari married Paramount employee Sam Katz in 1934. Four years later, she confessed candidly to a reporter that she was, in fact, British, not Austrian, and added that she was quitting films, because she realized that she couldn't act. Sari Maritza worked for a lens manufacturer during World War II. Her second husband was an Air Force navigator. - Red Coffey was nightclub comic throughout the 1950's, often performing with singer Jerry Wallace. He is best known for playing Little Quacker in the "Tom and Jerry" animated shorts. He also performed at revues with his wife, who went under the name "Karen DeLuce," and had been doing so from the early 1960's to the 1970's. He used the stage name Red Coffey until 1960.
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Preceding "The Lady from Shanghai," Carl Frank played dozens of roles throughout the Golden Age of Radio, from announcer for "The March of Time" and "The Shadow" to a player with the Mercury Theatre of the Air - whose 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" panicked the nation and changed the rules of broadcasting.- Gloria Naylor was born on 25 January 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Brewster Place (1990) and The Women of Brewster Place (1989). She died on 28 September 2016 in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Oliver Thorndike was born on 12 September 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944), Unconquered (1947) and Suspense (1949). He died on 14 April 1954 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Ralph Moses Paiewonsky was born on 9 November 1907 in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was married to Ethel Heller. He died on 9 November 1991 in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Nikos Psacharopoulos was born on 18 January 1928 in Athens, Greece. He was a director and art director, known for Play of the Week (1959), Great Performances (1971) and Standing Room Only (1976). He died on 12 January 1989 in U.S. Virgin Islands.- Cyril E. King was born on 7 April 1921 in Fredriksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was married to Agnes Agatha Schuster. He died on 2 January 1978 in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Murray Ramsey King was born on 26 November 1923 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. He died on 24 April 2012 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Anita Thompson was born on 28 March 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for A Man's Duty (1919) and By Right of Birth (1921). She was married to Guy Reynolds, Dwight Lloyd Dickinson and Charles Henri Ford. She died in December 1980 in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.