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Jo Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint. Her first film role was playing the estranged mother of James Dean's character in East of Eden (1955). This debut performance earned Van Fleet an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her subsequent film work was steady through 1960, then very sporadic, and include such films as The Rose Tattoo (1955), I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), The King and Four Queens (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) and Cool Hand Luke (1967).
In 1958, Van Fleet was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in "Look Homeward, Angel" on Broadway. Other films include Wild River (1960), Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) and I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968). Her television work include Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), Bonanza (1959), Thriller (1960) and The Wild Wild West (1965).
Jo Van Fleet died at age 80 of undisclosed causes on June 10, 1996 in Queens, New York City.- Actor
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Furankî Sakai was born on 13 February 1929 in Kagoshima, Japan. He was an actor and writer, known for Mothra (1961), Sharaku (1995) and Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957). He died on 10 June 1996.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Alan Blakely was founder member of sixties band The Tremeloes as rhythm guitarist/keyboardist. The Tremeloes who were signed by Decca in 1962 who at same time turned the Beatles down hits include Call me number one, Silence is Golden Here comes my baby. Blakely also penned many Tremeloes numbers alongside band members Len Chip Hawkes father of Chesney Hawkes.- Bruno Caliandro was born on 24 July 1931 in Portland, Maine, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Heroes of Conscience: A Tribute to Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1994), The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) and The Fourth King (1977). He died on 10 June 1996 in Somers, New York, USA.
- Actress
Therese Jorgensen was born on 8 August 1905. She was an actress. She died on 10 June 1996 in Tuolumne County, California, USA.- Kay White was born on 20 April 1906 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. She was married to Sandy Powell. She died on 10 June 1996 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.
- Jean Champagne was born on 7 February 1930 in Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for French Postcards (1979) and Interview (1992). He died on 10 June 1996 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA.