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A brassy, blue-eyed platinum blonde of the 1930s in the Jean Harlow tradition. Joan was the daughter of Hollywood cinematographer Charles Rosher and appeared as a child in Mary Pickford movies (on which her father worked as cameraman) billed as Dorothy Rosher. She acted in some amateur dramatics as well but seems to have had little professional training. However, The Times in 1929 referred to her "extraordinary speaking and singing voice" at this crucial period when sound pictures began to replace silent cinema. When she was signed by Universal for King of Jazz (1930), she adopted the stage name Joan Marsh. A fairly busy actress alternating leads and second leads throughout the decade and into the mid-40s, she is perhaps best remembered opposite Warner Oland in Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) and as Dimples in Road to Zanzibar (1941). Long under contract to MGM, she was also featured in two Greta Garbo films, Inspiration (1931) and Anna Karenina (1935). In lighter fare her characters tended to have names like Beanie, Toots or Cuddles. It seems, Joan Marsh was also an accomplished dancer, especially adept at the two most popular dances of the era, the Charleston and the Black Bottom. On screen she performed a ballroom routine with Edward J. Nugent in Dancing Feet (1936). On radio, Joan replaced Beatrice Lillie as hostess of the musical variety show Flying Red Horse Tavern in 1936, as well providing the vocals for Lennie Hayton's Orchestra.
Joan's first husband was the screenwriter Charles Belden, her second, Captain John Morrill of Army Air Transport Command.
Her hobbies included horse riding, tennis and golf.
Joan retired from acting after her final picture for Poverty Row outfit Monogram in 1944 and in later years owned a Los Angeles stationary business, Paper Unlimited.- Actress
Nadia Petrova was born on 14 September 1913 in Moscow, Russia. She was an actress. She was married to Reginald Gardiner. She died on 10 August 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Vladimir Smirnov was born on 22 June 1941 in Chernogorsk, Khakasskaya AO, Krasnoyarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Khakassia, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Sbogom, priyateli! (1970), Front ohne Gnade (1984) and Pervorossiyanye (1967). He was married to Bogdana Marinova and Silvia Spassova. He died on 10 August 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Johan Camitz was born on 29 June 1962 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Johan Camitz Diesel Ads (1995), Eagle-Eye Cherry: Permanent Tears (1999) and Eagle-Eye Cherry: Save Tonight (1998). He died on 10 August 2000 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Livio Zanetti was an assistant director, known for L'uomo della burocrazia (1962) and La notte della Repubblica (1989). He died on 10 August 2000 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Walter E. Lautenbacher was born on 23 February 1920 in Munich, Germany. He died on 10 August 2000 in Leonberg, Germany.