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- Actress, singer, lyricist, and composer, Anna Russell began as a folk singer on BBC radio in 1931, in Canada in 1940, and since 1943, has appeared as a soloist on the concert stage, making her New York City debut in a one-woman show in 1948 with which she has toured the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada; she wrote the lyrics and music for Anna Russell's Little Show (1953) and played the Witch in the opera Hansel and Gretel (1953); with Robert Paine Grose and Joan White, she founded Grow Productions, Inc. in 1963, which presented Lady Audley's Secret at the New York World's Fair in 1964; she has composed, written, and performed her own material on Columbia recordings, is the author of The Power of Being a Positive Stinker (1955) and the Anna Russell Songbook (1958), and was the President of the B & R Music Publishing Company. She received the Canadian Women's Press Club Award in 1956 as the best Canadian comedy writer of the year.
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Don Christensen was born on 6 July 1916 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a writer, known for Super President (1967), Here Comes the Grump (1969) and Mickey (1964). He was married to Ivy. He died on 18 October 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Originally from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1964 Singh was approached by investors who were interested in opening a wax museum in the United States and went on a two-week scouting trip to Los Angeles where he toured famous attractions on Hollywood Boulevard devoted to celebrities. After realizing that he had not seen any actual celebrities at these attractions save for their foot and handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Singh decided to create a place where fans could see them.
After buying and refurbishing an empty brassiere factory and luggage shop, he inaugurated the Hollywood Wax Museum on February 25, 1965, to a big crowd of visitors. It has been considered the longest-running wax museum in the United States and it is still owned and operated by his descendants.
Singh died four days shy of his 84th birthday at his home in Malibu, California. - Actor
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Bobby Hachey was born on 2 January 1932 in Atholville, New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Death of a Lumberjack (1973), Mustang (1975) and Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie (1976). He died on 18 October 2006 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada.- Marc Hodler was born on 26 October 1918 in Bern, Switzerland. He died on 18 October 2006 in Bern, Switzerland.
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Achille Millo was born on 25 November 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1966), Sacco e Vanzetti (1977) and Il marchese di Roccaverdina (1972). He was married to Marina Pagano. He died on 18 October 2006 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Majken Cullborg was born on 11 June 1920 in Halmstad, Hallands län, Sweden. She was a writer, known for Barbacka (1946) and För min heta ungdoms skull (1952). She died on 18 October 2006 in Halmstad, Sweden.
- Alvin Weinberg was born on 20 April 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Genevieve (Gene) DePersio and Margaret Despres. He died on 18 October 2006 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.