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- Mary Margaret Cass was born May 21, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts. After three years in the Cambridge Latin School drama club without one speaking part, she moved to New York, where she worked as a secretary, telephone operator, advertising solicitor and model. She joined a USO troupe that took her to Australia for seven months, but she did not appear in any shows (the U.S. troops had moved on). As understudy, she took Jan Sterling's part in a national tour of "Born Yesterday," finally being cast in her own right in the 1949 Broadway musical "Touch and Go." The mid 1950s brought her the defining role of Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame (1958), her stage and screen performances earning her a Tony and an Oscar nomination, respectively. From then on, she was best known for her regular television quiz show appearances: Keep Talking (1958), Match Game (1973), Password (1961), and To Tell the Truth (1956). She was very smart and very funny, but her signature was her unmistakably raspy voice. She died on March 8, 1999, at Manhattan's Sloane-Kettering Hospital of heart failure.
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Joe DiMaggio was simply the greatest all-around baseball player of his era. As a New York baseball legend, "The Yankee Clipper" succeeded superstars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and preceded Mickey Mantle. In his 13 year career from 1936 to 1951 (which was interrupted by three years spent in the Army during World War Two from 1943-45), DiMaggio won three Most Valuable Player awards and was named to the All-Star team thirteen times.
His 1936 Yankees team won the World Series his freshman year, as it did in 1937, '38 and '39. The four straight wins was a record that would be surpassed by the Yankees team of 1949-53, of which "Joltin' Joe was a member for their first three World Championships, retiring after the 1951 season due to incredible pain that he had stoically endured. Ultimately, he played in 10 World Series, of which the Yankees won an incredible nine. (Only Yogi Berra, his teammate from 1946-51, appeared on more world champions, winning 10 rings in 14 World Series.)
DiMaggio is the possessor of what many consider the one batting record that will never be breached: consecutive games hitting. From May 15 to July 17, 1941, he hit in 56 straight games. DiMaggio beat out the great Ted Williams of the Red Sox for the MVP award that year, even though Ted hit .406. DiMaggio also beat Williams for the MVP in 1947, when "The Slendid Splinter" won his second Triple Crown the year after he had led the Red Sox to their first World Series since Babe Ruth was a pitcher and utility outfielder for the BoSox in 1918. It was the tightest MVP contest in history not ending in a tie: DiMaggio racked up 202 points with eight first place votes while "Teddy Ballgame" collected 201 points with three first place votes. Such was the respect for DiMaggio, whose team won the pennant and the World Series, that he won over a Triple Crown winner! DiMaggio was a flawless outfielder, and considered the major cog that made the Yankees winners. He was the consummate team player in an era (the Depression and World War II) in which cooperation was emphasized to beat the economic doldrums and global fascism. Williams, in contrast, was fabled as a non-conformist and individualist derided for "playing for himself", playing to boost his statistics rather than "taking one for the team". He would not shake the negative associations of not being a "team player" and not winning a World Series until after the Youth Revolution of the 1960s made conformity passé and nonconformity the norm.
In the 1940s, he was easily the most popular man in what was then justifiably called "America's National Pastime". His popularity was so great that the U.S. Army would not let him go overseas during the war, lest he be killed or captured, and thus damage American morale. In 1949, DiMaggio signed with the first six-figure contract in the history of Major League Baseball, when the Yankees signed him for $100,000 per year. That year he was hampered by the bone spurs that would end his career prematurely. Despite excruciating pain, an injured DiMaggio came back from the disabled list to face the Red Sox, who had nearly won the pennant the year previously (losing in a one-game playoff to the Cleveland Indians) and were up by one game with two games left to play against the Yankees.
His injuries would limit him to 76 games that year, but he came back for the series. The torrid hitting of DiMaggio led the Yankees over the BoSox in both games, capturing the pennant (and the first of a record five straight World Series titles) for rookie Yankees manager Casey Stengel. In an era of genuine heroes, DiMaggio was the epitome of the genre. Such was his unique status that he retired after a mediocre 1951 season, in which he hit only .263 with 12 homers and 71 RBIs in 113 games (after hitting .301 with 32 homers and 122 RBIs in 139 games the previous year). Joe DiMaggio did not want to become an average player, playing out his string. He wanted to go out a champion, and he did.
DiMaggio played his entire career in Yankee Stadium, the "House that Ruth Built", so called not only due to the Babe's great popularity, but also because the park was tailored to his left-handed power. DiMaggio was a right-handed hitter in a park that was death to righties: left-center field at Yankee Stadium in 1937 was 457 feet deep (whereas now, it is 399 feet deep). As DiMaggio and Ted Williams aged, it became dogma that while Williams was the better hitter, DiMaggio was the better all-around player. However, it is interesting to note that outside of their home ballparks, DiMaggio out-hit Williams.
In 1969, a poll conducted to coincide with the centennial of major league baseball ranked him as baseball's greatest living player. The great Joe DiMaggio, whom many believe was the most perfect and most complete ballplayer of all time, would continue to be legendary, even if he had not married Marilyn Monroe.- Adolfo Bioy Casares was born on 15 September 1914 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He was a writer, known for Invasion (1969), Bajo el agua and L'invenzione di Morel (1974). He was married to Silvina Ocampo. He died on 8 March 1999 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.
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- Actor
André Ernotte was born on 3 June 1943 in Liege, Belgium. He was a writer and director, known for The French Connection (1971), High Street (1976) and Marée basse (1975). He died on 8 March 1999 in New York City, New York, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
António Campos was born on 29 May 1922 in Leiria, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for Histórias Selvagens (1978), Terra Fria (1992) and O Rio Liz (1957). He died on 8 March 1999 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.- Igor Yakushenko was born on 15 April 1932 in Moscow, USSR. He was a composer, known for Zelyonyy furgon (1960), Zhertvy (1963) and Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964). He died on 8 March 1999.
- Brett Kinard was born on 22 December 1970 in the United States. He was an actor, known for In the Heat of the Night (1988), Savannah (1996) and The Client (1995). He died on 8 March 1999 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Frank Dong was born on 4 September 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933). He died on 8 March 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Gene Kearney was born on 20 January 1943 in New York, USA. Gene is known for In the Line of Fire (1993), Ghostbusters (1984) and Outbreak (1995). Gene died on 8 March 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Dexter Maitland was born on 6 February 1918 in Flushing, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968). He died on 8 March 1999 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.
- Jirina Stránská was born on 6 November 1912 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republik]. She was an actress, known for Vera Lukásová (1939), Zlaté ptáce (1932) and Capek's Tales (1947). She died on 8 March 1999 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Composer
- Soundtrack
Peter Himmelstrand was born on 4 June 1936 in Eskilstuna, Sweden. He was a writer and composer, known for Ola & Julia (1967), Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo (1952) and Den magiska cirkeln (1970). He was married to Kerstin Aulén. He died on 8 March 1999.- Sheila Gallagher was born on 1 June 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Why Bother to Knock (1961), Too Young to Love (1960) and The Four Just Men (1959). She died on 8 March 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Aubakir Ismailov was born on 13 May 1913 in near Dolinka, Kazakhstan. He was an actor, known for Birches in the Steppe (1957), Angel wearing tubeteika (1969) and Rodnyye stepi (1982). He died on 8 March 1999 in Kazakhstan.
- Director
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- Producer
Walter Kolm-Veltée was born on 27 December 1910 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for Eroica (1949), Panoptikum 59 (1959) and Don Juan (1955). He died on 8 March 1999 in Vienna, Austria.