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Born in Shanghai, China, as Chen Baolian, Pauline Chan emigrated to Hong Kong at age 12 with her mother when her parents divorced. A beautiful young girl, it didn't take long for photographers and agents to notice her and she began modeling at 15. In 1990 she entered the Miss Asia beauty pageant. She didn't win, but her striking looks, lithe body and classy bearing attracted the attention of several producers in Hong Kong's adult film industry. At age 18 she made her adult-film debut and her enthusiastic performances shot her to the top of the Chinese porn field. In 1997 she hooked up with a much older man, a Taiwanese millionaire, and they had a short (two-year) but stormy relationship. After their break-up in 1999, Chan's personal and professional lives began to unravel. She had had a drug problem for several years and it got worse--during one television interview in which she was apparently high on drugs she actually tried to commit suicide. A series of brushes with the law ensued, resulting in her being deported from several countries, and she was briefly sent to prison in the UK for assault. These and other incidents pretty much pulled the plug on her film career.
She moved back to her hometown of Shanghai and in July of 2002 gave birth to a baby boy. Motherhood didn't solve her problems, however, and on July 31, 2002, she leaped out of the window of her 24th-floor apartment and plunged to her death.- Director
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Francis Searle was one of the more prolific of British directors. He started his career in 1936, making one-reel shorts, and graduated to two-reel documentaries and low-grade "B" pictures. In the 1970s he turned out a string of 30-minute comedies.
His original career was as a layout artist in the advertising industry, but in the '30s he was hired at Highbury Studios as a camera assistant. He worked on dozens of the one-reel "Cinemagazine" shorts, then moved over to Gaumont Studios where he made documentaries. His first feature film as a director, A Girl in a Million (1946), was also the only "A" picture he ever did. Searle could turn out films on time and under budget, which endeared him to second-tier producers and guaranteed him plenty of work. He made a few films over his career that garnered somewhat respectable critical reviews, such as The Man in Black (1950), The Rossiter Case (1951) and Cloudburst (1951), but the majority of his rather extensive output was run-of-the-mill "B"--and below--dramas, action pictures and thrillers.- Actress
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Slávka Budínová was born on 21 April 1924 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Evidence Given by Dead Eyes (1971), Léto s kovbojem (1976) and The Death of Tarzan (1963). She was married to Ivo Toman. She died on 31 July 2002 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Editor
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Robert Jordan Hill was born on 19 November 1914 in St Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for Melody in the Dark (1949), High Jinks in Society (1949) and Bless 'Em All (1949). He died on 31 July 2002 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.- Writer
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Marja Rankkala was born on 17 June 1918 in Tuusula, Finland. She was a writer and actress, known for Teatterituokio (1962), Yhden yön illuusio (1964) and Osteri ja helmi (1965). She died on 31 July 2002.- Gale Law was born on 29 October 1934 in Glendale, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Houseparty (1964). He died on 31 July 2002 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.