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A prominent German film actress born on 30 September 1887 at Madiven, Java, the daughter of a forest ranger in the service of the Dutch authorities. Sent at the age of ten to Baden-Baden to study, she later entered the cinema thanks to her marriage in 1917 to the actor Fritz Dagover who was 25 years her senior. They divorced in 1919 but not before he had introduced her to director Robert Wiene and other notables of German cinema. She made her screen debut in Fritz Lang's Harakiri (1919). Immediately after she appeared in Wiene's classic expressionist film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (aka The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)). Apart from three trips -- one to Sweden in 1927, another to France in 1928-9 and one to Hollywood in 1931 -- most of Lil Dagover's career and fate was linked to that of the German cinema, where her role was usually that of the frail, menaced heroine. She continued to star in a great number of films during the Nazi era. Among her best performances were her roles in Congress Dances (1931), in Gerhard Lamprecht's The Higher Command (1935) and in Veit Harlan's The Kreutzer Sonata (1937). She also acted in the Deutsches Theatre Berlin, the Salzburg Festival, at forces shows and at war theaters. At one time, she was reported to have been a close friend of Adolf Hitler. In 1944, she received the War Merits Cross. Dagover continued her career in post-war Germany, playing many supporting parts until the late 1970s.- Leonard Strong was born on 12 August 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Shane (1953), Cult of the Cobra (1955) and Get Smart (1965). He was married to Irene Richards. He died on 23 January 1980 in Glendale, California, USA.
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Vivian Baer was born on 23 December 1888 in San Bernardino, California, USA. Vivian is known for Remote Control (1930), Way for a Sailor (1930) and Doughboys (1930). Vivian died on 23 January 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ernst Ocwirk was born on 7 March 1926 in Wien, Austria. He died on 23 January 1980 in Klein-Pöchlarn, Austria.
- Hans Vangkilde was born on 28 May 1924 in Aarhus, Denmark. He was a composer, known for Days of Sin and Nights of Nymphomania (1963), Skibet er ladet med (1960) and Stenbroens helte (1965). He died on 23 January 1980.