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John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.
Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. Until the ranch failed, Marion and his younger brother Robert E. Morrison swam in an irrigation ditch and rode a horse to school. When the ranch failed, the family moved to Glendale, California, where Marion delivered medicines for his father, sold newspapers and had an Airedale dog named "Duke" (the source of his own nickname). He did well at school both academically and in football. When he narrowly failed admission to Annapolis he went to USC on a football scholarship 1925-7. Tom Mix got him a summer job as a prop man in exchange for football tickets. On the set he became close friends with director John Ford for whom, among others, he began doing bit parts, some billed as John Wayne. His first featured film was Men Without Women (1930). After more than 70 low-budget westerns and adventures, mostly routine, Wayne's career was stuck in a rut until Ford cast him in Stagecoach (1939), the movie that made him a star. He appeared in nearly 250 movies, many of epic proportions. From 1942-43 he was in a radio series, "The Three Sheets to the Wind", and in 1944 he helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a Conservative political organization, later becoming its President. His conservative political stance was also reflected in The Alamo (1960), which he produced, directed and starred in. His patriotic stand was enshrined in The Green Berets (1968) which he co-directed and starred in. Over the years Wayne was beset with health problems. In September 1964 he had a cancerous left lung removed; in 1977 when Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope was being made, John Waynes archive voice was used for the character Garindan ezz Zavor, later in March 1978 there was heart valve replacement surgery; and in January 1979 his stomach was removed. He received the Best Actor nomination for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and finally got the Oscar for his role as one-eyed Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969). A Congressional Gold Medal was struck in his honor in 1979. He is perhaps best remembered for his parts in Ford's cavalry trilogy - Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950).- Jerry Miley born Emmor Jerome Miley in Alameda in 1899, Tall. dark, handsome man who began as a character in drama, crime and comedy silent films with the Cosmopolitan Film Company first appeared in 'Wild Oats Lane' directed by Marshall Neilan in 1926, he was offered the starring role in his next film as Dennis Reilly under the direction of Edward Dillon and co-starring opposite Viola Dana in 'Bred in Old Kentucky' perhaps his only starring role, afterwards he was seen in character and sometimes supporting roles, from the advent of talkies he was offered only minor roles until his last film, a bit part in 'Les Miserables' in 1952. He suffered from alcoholic liver disease in later years and died of cardiac arrest at age 80 in Santa Barbara.
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Lia Orlandini was born on 12 January 1896 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for La voce del sangue (1952), Lettera napoletana (1954) and Abbandono (1940). She was married to Lupi, Ruggero. She died on 11 June 1979 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Gust Maes was born on 2 July 1899 in Berchem, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Diepten (1930). He died on 11 June 1979 in Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium.
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Jean-Louis Bory was born on 25 June 1919 in Méréville, Essonne, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Mathilde (1967), Trap for the Assassin (1966) and Les amours des années grises (1981). He died on 11 June 1979 in Méréville, Essonne, France.- George Eyston was born on 28 June 1897 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He died on 11 June 1979 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.