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Don Ameche was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s, usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the 1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV. His film career surged in a comeback in the 1980s with fine work as an aging millionaire in Trading Places (1983) and a rejuvenated oldster in Cocoon (1985).
Ameche was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to Barbara Edda (Hertel) and Felice Amici, a bartender.- Actress
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Rita Macedo was the daughter of novelist Julia Guzmán. She began acting in the 1940s. Macedo was first married to writer 'Carlos Fuentes'; then to producer Luis de Llano and their children are actress/singer/producer Julissa, and TV producer Luis de Llano Macedo. She won the Best Actress Ariel for "Nosotros," an episode of the multi-part film _Tú, yo, nosotros (1970)_ (ironically, one of the other actresses nominated was her daughter, Julissa); Macedo also earned a Best Supporting Actress Ariel nomination for The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955).- Mercia Swinburne was born on 2 February 1900 in Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for The Compulsory Wife (1937), Alibi (1931) and Saraband (1948). She was married to George Relph. She died on 6 December 1993 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.