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- Jessie Royce Landis was called "an international star" in her New York Times obituary. She was 20 when she made her stage debut at the Playhouse in Chicago as the young countess in "The Highwayman". Soon she was on Broadway. In 1950 she went to London for "Larger Than Life", a dramatization of W. Somerset Maugham's novel, "Theatre". There she received an award for the best performance of the year. The following year in London she had the prima donna role (a singing part) in "And So To Bed". In 1954, she published her autobiography, "You Won't Be So Pretty". Then in the mid-1950s her film career took off after she was Grace Kelly's mother in To Catch a Thief (1955) and Cary Grant's mother in North by Northwest (1959). Although she claimed to have been born the same year as Grant, she was actually more than seven years older.
- Emil Maurice was born on 19 January 1897 in Westermoor, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He died on 2 February 1972 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Joe Hernandez was born on 3 June 1909 in Inyo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Story of Seabiscuit (1949), Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949). He died on 2 February 1972 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Alva Lundin was born on 11 May 1889 in Kvillinge, Östergötlands län, Sweden. Alva is known for En förtjusande fröken (1945), Wandering with the Moon (1945) and Erotikon (1920). Alva died on 2 February 1972 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Natalie Clifford Barney was born on 31 October 1876 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. She died on 2 February 1972 in Paris, France.