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- Lovely Joan Staley was born Joan McConchie on May 20, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and started taking violin lessons by the time she was three years old. Living in Los Angeles, her prodigious talent was obvious. She soon joined a baby orchestra in Los Angeles and, within a few years, became a Junior Symphony performer at age six. She also made her unbilled specialty debut on film as a child violinist in The Emperor Waltz (1948), starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.
Her father's business had the family traveling throughout Europe growing up but she later relocated to California and briefly enrolled at Chapman College in the Los Angeles area. Becoming a stunning, statuesque beauty, she re-directed herself back to a career in show business, singing backup on records for Sam Phillips and working as a secretary to make ends meet while appearing in local L.A. stage productions.
In 1958, she was approached by a photographer and eventually posed for Playboy magazine, becoming November's centerfold. The attention warranted her an MGM contract and cheesecake bit parts came her way with such movies as Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). She appeared front-and-center à la Raquel Welch as a scantily-clad prehistoric turn-on in Valley of the Dragons (1961), but nothing much came of it.
Following her perky love interests in the mediocre western Gunpoint (1966), starring Audie Murphy, and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), a Don Knotts comedy film, and guest appearances on such TV shows as "Rango," "Pistols and Petticoats, "Mission: Impossible," "Ironside" and "Adam-12," Joan's career went on hiatus after a horse-riding accident.
Briefly married to Chuck Staley, her second husband is former Universal exec Dale Sheets. Twins were born to them, a boy and girl, on March 24, 1971. Since then, with the exception of a brief appearance on an episode of "Dallas" in 1982, Joan remained with family life and other outside pursuits. She died on November 24, 2019. - Goo Ha-Ra was born on 13 January 1991 in Gwangju, Korea. She was an actress, known for City Hunter (2011), It's Okay, That's Love (2014) and Kara: Secret Love (2014). She died on 24 November 2019 in Seoul, South Korea.
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While at Cambridge, Clive began a fruitful songwriting partnership with Pete Atkin. With Clive's lyrics and Pete's vocals and musical settings, they released six critically-acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums in the early 70s before Pete moved on to audio production at the BBC. Clive toured with Pete in a words and music show promoting the final album. They have recently re-united on stage and in the studio for more of their trademark songs, which have been described as "somewhere between The Kinks and Steely Dan" (quote from NY Times).- Dorothy Cutts was born in England. She is an actress, known for her role as Officer Pat Slattery on the legendary Australian TV drama Prisoner (1979), where she stayed with the series for 2 years, she made a cameo as a Barnhurst Officer in episode 419 before joining later in that season as officer Slattery in episode 470 and went on until episode 690. Cutts was also involved in other guest roles which included Pugwall (1989), Bony (1992). Cutts retired from acting in 1992 after one last role.
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- Soundtrack
Howlett Smith was born on 28 February 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for Dirt Boy (2001), Faces (1968) and Don't Knock the Twist (1962). He died on 24 November 2019 in Marina del Rey, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Trevor Ray was an actor and writer, known for Children of the Stones (1977), Raven (1977) and Shadow of the Noose (1989). He died on 24 November 2019.- John Simon was born in Subotica (present-day Serbia) of Hungarian descent to Joseph and Margaret (née Reves) Simmon. He amended his surname at some point to "Simon". He grew up in Belgrade before immigrating to the United States in 1941, aged 16, on a tourist visa to join his parents. He posted on his blog that "Ivan" was later added by his father as a middle name to add distinction.
- Claude Béland was born on 25 January 1932 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was married to Lise Dubois . He died on 24 November 2019 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Dion Neutra was born on 8 October 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Empathy (2003), Designed for Dreaming (2010) and Neutra: Survival Through Design (2019). He was married to Lynn Smart Neutra. He died on 24 November 2019 in Silver Lake, California, USA.- Sound Department
Nimish Pilankar is known for Race 3 (2018), Kesari (2019) and Housefull 4 (2019). He died on 24 November 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Sound Department
Bob Goold was born on 24 April 1951 in Hinsdale, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Wedding Singer (1998), Serendipity (2001) and Shall We Dance? (2004). He died on 24 November 2019 in Barstow, California, USA.- Humberto Tancredi was born on 8 April 1938 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for La italianita (1973), Cara sucia (1992) and Jugando a vivir (1982). He died on 24 November 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Juan Orrego Salas was born on 18 January 1919 in Santiago de Chile, Chile. He was a composer, known for Confesiones al amanecer (1954) and La caleta olvidada (1958). He died on 24 November 2019 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
- Hank Bullough was born on 24 January 1934 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Lou Ann Bullough. He died on 24 November 2019 in the USA.
- David Babayev was born on 14 July 1943 in Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Dagestan, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Oberezhno! Chervona rtut! (1995), Reportazh (1995) and Vykup (1994). He died on 24 November 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- David Babaev was born on 14 July 1943 in Makhachkala, USSR. He was an actor, known for Oruzhie Zevsa (1991), Kukla (2002) and Za nochyu den idyot (1984). He died on 24 November 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Ed Weisacosky was born on 8 May 1944 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 24 November 2019 in Mount Vernon, Missouri, USA.
- Joachim Angerer was born on 8 February 1934 in Rottenbuch, Bavaria, Germany. He died on 24 November 2019 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria.
- Robert F.X. Sillerman was born on 12 April 1948 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was an executive. He was married to Laura Baudo. He died on 24 November 2019 in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, USA.
- Nonito Pereira was born on 22 July 1943 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He died on 24 November 2019 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.