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Jill Ireland was a British-American actress best known for her appearance as "Leila Kalomi," the only woman Mr. Spock ever loved (in the Star Trek (1966) episode, This Side of Paradise (1967)) and for her many supporting roles in the movies of Charles Bronson. She is also known for her battle with breast cancer, having written two books on her fight with the disease and serving as a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society.
Jill Dorothy Ireland was born in London on April 24, 1936, to wine merchant Jack Ireland and his wife Dorothy, who were fated to outlive their daughter. Young Jill started her entertainment career at age 16 as a dancer, and made her screen debut in 1955, in Michael Powell's Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955). On May 11, 1957, she married actor David McCallum, whom she met on the set of the Stanley Baker action picture Hell Drivers (1957). In the mid-'60s, they moved to the United States so McCallum could star as agent "Ilya Kuryakin" in the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). She got steady work on American television and would co-star with her husband in five episode of the series in 1964, 1965 and 1967.
Ireland separated from McCallum, with whom she had two biological sons and one adopted son, in June 1965. He filed for divorce in August 1966, and it was finalized in February 1967. On October 5, 1968, she married Charles Bronson, who was 15 years her senior and still several years away from coming into his own as a leading man. They had first met when McCallum introduced them on the set of The Great Escape (1963). With Bronson, she had two children, a daughter born to the couple in 1971, and an adopted daughter. They first co-starred together in the 1970 French movie Rider on the Rain (1970), which made Bronson a major star in Europe (she had first played an uncredited bit part in his movie London Affair (1970), released that same year). They starred in 13 more pictures over the next 17 years, a period during which Bronson and Ireland rivaled Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke as the most prolific screen couple. During her marriage to Bronson, Ireland appeared in only one TV episode, one TV movie and one theatrical picture that didn't star her husband.
She was diagnosed with cancer in her right breast in 1984 and underwent a mastectomy. She wrote about her battle and became an advocate for the American Cancer Society, which led to the organization giving her its Courage Award. Ireland was presented with the award by President Ronald Reagan. Tragically, she lost her battle with the disease after it metastasized and died at her home in Malibu, California, on May 18, 1990, aged only 54. She was survived by her husband, children, stepchildren, parents, brother, and extended family.- Composer
Eje Thelin was born on 9 September 1938 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden. He was a composer, known for To Love (1964), Utkik - journal för flickor och pojkar (1958) and NDR Jazz Workshops (1958). He died on 18 May 1990.- Norwegian actress Stine Kjelland-Mørdre came to everybody's attention supporting Norway's favorite comedy trio "KLM" (Kirkvaag, Lystad, Mjøen) in their show "Skai TV" in the late 1980s.
Through "Skai TV" she proved herself a worthy adversary to the veteran comedians and a talented comedienne in her own right. But sadly her promising career was cut tragically short. After celebrating Norway's national day on the 17th of May, she was walking home (in the capital city of Oslo) when she fell into Akerselva (the Aker river) and drowned. She was 29 years old. - Actor
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Edmund Zayenda was born on 28 September 1906 in Drohobych, Sambor County, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire [now Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for A Brivele der mamen (1938), Ada, Don't Do That! (1936) and Mamele (1938). He died on 18 May 1990 in Broward, Florida, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Saul Selznick was born on 5 August 1912 in Russia. He was an actor, known for Red Sky at Morning (1971). He was married to Sally Selznick. He died on 18 May 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.