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Virginia Clara Jones was born on November 30, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a newspaper reporter and his wife. The family had a rich heritage in the St. Louis area: her great-great-great-grandfather served in the American Revolution and later founded the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois, located right across the Mississippi River from its namesake. Virginia was interested in show business from an early age. Her aunt operated a dance studio and Virginia began taking lessons at the age of six. After graduating from high school in 1937, she became a member of the St. Louis Municipal Opera before she was signed to a contract by Samuel Goldwyn after being spotted by an MGM talent scout during a Broadway revue. David O. Selznick gave her a screen test, but decided she wouldn't fit into films. Goldwyn, however, believed that her talent as an actress was there and cast her in a small role in 1943's Jack London (1943). She later had a walk-on part in Follies Girl (1943) that same year. Believing there was more to her than her obvious ravishing beauty, producers thought it was time to give her bigger and better roles. In 1944 she was cast as Princess Margaret in The Princess and the Pirate (1944), with Bob Hope and a year later appeared as Ellen Shavley in Wonder Man (1945). Her popularity increasing with every appearance, Virginia was cast in two more films in 1946, The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), with Danny Kaye, and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), with Dana Andrews, and received good notices as Andrews' avaricious, unfaithful wife. Her roles may have been coming in slow, but with each one her popularity with audiences rose. She finally struck paydirt in 1947 with a plum assignment in the well-received The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) as Rosalind van Hoorn. That same year she married Michael O'Shea and would remain with him until his death in 1973 (the union produced a daughter, Mary Catherine, in 1953). She got some of the best reviews of her career in James Cagney's return to the gangster genre, White Heat (1949), as Verna, the scheming, cheating wife of homicidal killer Cody Jarrett (Cagney). The striking beauty had still more plum roles in the 1950s. Parts in Backfire (1950), She's Working Her Way Through College (1952) and South Sea Woman (1953) all showed she was still a force to be reckoned with. As the decade ended, Virginia's career began to slow down. She had four roles in the 1960s and four more in the following decade. Her last role was as Lucia in 1997's The Man Next Door. She died on January 17, 2005.- A popular British film actor, Basil Hoskins also had a distinguished career on the London stage appearing opposite such stars as Vivien Leigh (in "Duel of Angels" [1958]) and Alec Guinness (in Terence Rattigan's "Ross" [1960]) and had a long run in the musical "Applause" opposite Lauren Bacall (1971).
British television viewers knew him best for his role starting in 1963 as Dr. Rex Lane Russell in Emergency-Ward 10 (1957), Britain's first twice-weekly, long-running drama series, focusing on the staff and patients in a general hospital.
Hoskins studied acting at RADA and later joined the Nottingham Playhouse Company. He spent five seasons with the Shakespeare Memorial Company at Stratford playing leading roles, including Lucias to Laurence Olivier's Titus Andronicus. During the 1950s he toured Australia with the Old Vic Company with Katharine Hepburn.
He also appeared in many stage musicals, including "A Little Night Music" and the London revival of "Call Me Madam" (1983) with TV star Noele Gordon.
He appeared in numerous TV drama series, and his best known films were Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and North West Frontier (1959). - Actor
- Director
Yildirim Gencer was born on 25 November 1936 in Adapazari, Turkey. He was an actor and director, known for Kilink: Strip and Kill (1967), Kan Bagi (1981) and Malkoçoglu - krallara karsi (1967). He was married to Gönül Hanci. He died on 17 January 2005 in Adapazari, Turkey.- Make-Up Department
Florence Avery was born on 10 June 1919 in Huntington Park, California, USA. Florence is known for Frances (1982). Florence was married to William Avery. Florence died on 17 January 2005 in Eureka, California, USA.- Make-Up Department
Flo Avery was born on 10 June 1919 in Huntington Park, California, USA. Flo is known for Outbreak (1995). Flo was married to Bill Avery. Flo died on 17 January 2005 in Eureka, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Roger Ibáñez was born on 8 November 1931 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Red Poster (1976), Zita (1968) and Meurtre avec préméditation (1989). He died on 17 January 2005 in Valenton, Val-de-Marne, France.- Soundtrack
Bezerra da Silva was born on 9 March 1927 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was married to Regina de Oliveira. He died on 17 January 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Feliks Mokeyev was born on 15 December 1930 in Cheboksary, Chuvash ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Chuvashia, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Teni (1991), Provintsialnaya istoriya (1977) and V vosemnadtsat malchisheskikh let (1974). He died on 17 January 2005 in Moscow, Russia.
- Valeri Godzev was born on 2 February 1939. He was an actor, known for Silnee vsekh inykh veleniy (1988), Ochishcheniye (1990) and Gulyashchie lyudi (1989). He died on 17 January 2005.
- Ziyang Zhao was born in 1919 in Henan province, China. He died on 17 January 2005 in China.
- Additional Crew
Torsten Born is known for Moppeturné för Totta (2006). Torsten died on 17 January 2005.