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- Shirley Stelfox was born on 11 April 1941 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for 1984 (1984), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Making Out (1989). She was married to Don Henderson and Keith Edmundson. She died on 7 December 2015 in Nottinghamshire, England, UK.
- Martin E. Brooks was born on 30 November 1925 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The Bionic Woman (1976) and Bionic Ever After? (1994). He died on 7 December 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Elaine was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, to the engineer Allen B. Riley (owner of the local Riley Electrical Company) and his wife Pearl, on January 15 1917. Like other aspiring starlets, she took the route to Hollywood via beauty contests. She was elected 'Miss Chic' at the Cleveland exposition and was runner-up to the 'Miss Ohio' title in 1937. For a while Elaine performed as a vocalist with a dance band in and around Pittsburgh, billed as 'Elaine Gray'. Aged eighteen, she made her way to New York and started as a model for fashion designer G.W. Cohen, appearing for the first time on the cover of Glamour magazine. During the six years which followed, Elaine completed studies in dress design at the prestigious Traphagen School of Fashion, modelled for John Robert Powers and Hattie Carnegie and worked her way up from secretary to personnel manager of New York radio station WINS.
Hollywood inevitably beckoned. In 1943, Elaine was spotted by a talent scout and signed by RKO. Her first year in pictures proved relatively unremarkable, consisting mainly of uncredited bits as hat check girls, secretaries and chorines - a far cry from her stated ambition to star in musical comedy, to become a second Carole Lombard! Paramount picked her up next. By the mid-40's, Elaine had found her niche as leading lady in Hopelong Cassidy westerns like The Devil's Playground (1946). On rarer occasions were supporting roles in A-grade features, such as the superior thriller The Big Clock (1948), starring Ray Milland. Being on the cover of Yank magazine as a popular wartime pinup certainly did Elaine's career no harm and she maintained a high profile by appearances at Hollywood Canteen, visits to army camps and by entertaining wounded servicemen at the Birmingham hospital in Van Nuys. From the early 50's, she remained comfortably ensconced in horse operas -- albeit on the small screen -- guesting frequently on series like The Gene Autry Show (1950), The Range Rider (1951) and, of course, Hopalong Cassidy (1952).
When not in front of the cameras, Elaine enjoyed horse riding, swimming and golf. Until his death in 1994, she was married to the actor Richard Martin, best remembered as comic sidekick to actor Tim Holt in a long-running western series at RKO. She was a recipient in 2004 of the Golden Boot Award for distinguished contributions to the western genre. Elaine died in December 2015 at the great age of 98. - Iggy Navarro was an actor, known for Letter to Brezhnev (1985), Double X: The Name of the Game (1992) and Boys from the Blackstuff (1982). He died on 7 December 2015 in Liverpool, England, UK.
- David Douche was born on 5 January 1973 in Calonne-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was an actor, known for The Life of Jesus (1997). He died on 7 December 2015 in Hazebrouck, Nord, France.
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Marvin Silbersher was born on 28 June 1924 in Millburn, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan (2008) and Cousins (2013). He died on 7 December 2015 in Wharton, New Jersey, USA.- Producer
- Actor
- Director
Anthony Cardoza was born on 26 May 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Red Zone Cuba (1966), Smokey and the Hotwire Gang (1979) and Misfit Patrol (1996). He died on 7 December 2015 in California, USA.- Paul Espel was born on 17 August 1947 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Scarface (1983), Search for Tomorrow (1951) and The Doctors (1963). He was married to Carol Marie Burt. He died on 7 December 2015 in Monroe, New York, USA.
- Mirtha Borges was born on 1 October 1934 in La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Oriana (1985), Mujercitas (1999) and Amaneció de golpe (1998). She died on 7 December 2015 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela.
- Eleanor Vallee was born on 27 January 1928 in California. She died on 7 December 2015 in California, USA.
- Gabriel Vorobyov was born on 8 July 1967 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor, known for The Arena (2001), Nicolo Paganini (1982) and Filipp Traum (1990). He died on 7 December 2015.
- Jirí Melísek was born on 16 June 1932 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Bakalári (1972), Long Live Ghosts! (1977) and Tri od more (1979). He died on 7 December 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Actor
Ivan Rajmont was born on 29 July 1945 in Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia. He was a director and actor, known for Sluha dvou pánu (2000), Milenci z kiosku (1976) and Vernisáz (1990). He was married to Katerina Burianová. He died on 7 December 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Darel Evans was born in 1982 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He died on 7 December 2015 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
- Peter Westbury was born on 26 May 1938 in Roehampton, London, United Kingdom. He was an actor, known for Formula 1 (1950). He died on 7 December 2015 in Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago.