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James Agee, Pulitzer Prize winning author, was born in Knoxville in 1909. The intense writer was to enjoy little real success in his lifetime, but after death won accolades. In 1958 he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his uncompleted biographical novel A Death in the Family. Agee also wrote the classic Let Us Now Praise Famous Men with Walker Evans and the Oscar nominated screenplay for The African Queen with John Huston. Agee also appeared in a film and several TV shows while working in Hollywood. He died in 1955, only 45 years old, of a heart attack in NYC.- Sam Patterson was born on 28 November 1881 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Harlem After Midnight (1934) and God's Step Children (1938). He died on 16 May 1955 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Hilda Spong was born on 14 May 1875 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Divorced (1915), Supper at Six (1933) and A Star Over Night (1919). She died on 16 May 1955 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
- Sidney Pointer was born on 18 April 1889 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Under Suspicion (1939). He died on 16 May 1955 in Fulham, London, England, UK.