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Laurie Bird was a cute and charming actress who appeared in only three pictures during her regrettably short-lived career. Bird was born on September 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York. Laurie was working as a model when she was chosen by director Monte Hellman, from nearly 500 women, to portray "The Girl" in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971). Bird gave a fine and impressively natural performance in her film debut as the chatty and rootless hippie wanderer, "The Girl", in Hellman's extraordinary road movie masterpiece. She was likewise excellent as Harry Dean Stanton's snippy young wife, "Dody Burke White", in Hellman's bleakly fascinating character study Cockfighter (1974). Following her small role as Paul Simon's L.A. girlfriend in Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977), Laurie quit acting, altogether, and became a photographer. Bird committed suicide in boyfriend Art Garfunkel's Manhattan penthouse, at the tragically young age of 25, on June 15, 1979. Garfunkel dedicated his album, "Scissors Cut", to Laurie. The album features a partial photograph of Laurie Bird on its back cover.- Actress
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Mimi Doyle was born Wilhelmina Blanche Doyle on August 10, 1913 Hollywood, California. She had a twin sister named Patricia who worked as Katharine Hepburn's stand-in. The pretty brunette made her film debut playing a maid in the 1934 drama Sadie McKee. Then she was signed by Educational Pictures. For a brief time she used the stage name Mimi Lawlor. During the 1940s she had bit parts in more than a dozen films including Kitty Foyle, The Big Street, and Keep Your Powder Dry with Lana Turner. On January 24, 1944 she married screenwriter Wells Root. Although she never became an A-list star she continued to act. She appeared on the Bob Cummings Show and the Jack Benny Program. Her final role was in a 1976 episode of Executive Suite. Mimi and Wells lived in Santa Monica and enjoyed a very happy marriage. Sadly on June 15, 1979 she died from cancer at the age of sixty-five. She was cremated and her ashes were given to her family.- Lillian Shrewsbury was born on 28 October 1888 in Talladega, Alabama, USA. She was an actress, known for Up Your Alley (1971). She died on 15 June 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Aaro Helmisalo was born on 6 July 1911 in Turku, Finland. He is known for Kuisma ja Helinä (1932), Kärlek och landstorm (1931) and Aktören (1943). He died on 15 June 1979 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Special Effects
James Gibbons was born on 5 January 1894 in Idaho, USA. He died on 15 June 1979 in Riverside, California, USA.