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- Blue-eyed, blonde, demure-looking 50s leading lady, the daughter of screenwriter Stephen Morehouse Avery and his wife Evelyn. Phyllis was said to have spent her childhood in France and in California. After graduating, she studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and first appeared on Broadway in 'Orchids Preferred' in 1937. Her screen debut happened quite a long time later in Queen for a Day (1951), adapted from a popular daytime Mutual Broadcasting Company radio program. In her next film, the high voltage melodrama Ruby Gentry (1952), she was cast as 'the other woman' (the one of 'socially acceptable' standing) opposite muscular Charlton Heston and fiery Jennifer Jones. Her only other notable big screen outing was the musical biopic The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) in which she played the wife of composer/songwriter Ray Henderson. When interviewed, Phyllis balked at being called 'sweet' and proudly proclaimed to have played plenty of bad girls, at least on television (citing an episode of Peter Gunn (1958) in which she tries to frame her gangster husband for murder). Still, she remained typically featured as wholesome gals, never more so than as Peggy McNutley (the name was changed to 'McNulty' in season 2), wife of a punctilious, hopelessly absent-minded English and Drama (Ray Milland) professor at a fictitious all-girls college in The Ray Milland Show (1953). Phyllis continued her career as a prolific guest star of TV anthologies and crime dramas and reinvented herself as a successful real estate broker in west L.A. during the 60s (often selling houses to people she had worked with in her acting past). Her second husband was Don Taylor with whom she had once co-starred on Broadway in a 1943 U.S. Army Air Forces production of 'Winged Victory'.
- Akera Love Lee was an actress, known for Cocaine Diaries (2007) and Atlanta Homicide (2008). She died on 19 May 2011 in Mcdonough, Georgia, USA.
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Kathy achieved national prominence in the U.K. as a resident singer, on the British TV series, Stars and Garters (1963). Signed to Decca records, she had several hit singles, scoring her first Top 20 smash hit with Dance On, a chart topper by the British Group, The Shadows from earlier that year. Kathy's version also topped the single charts in Australia. An attempt to create similar waves by adding lyrics to another instrumental, this time the version by The Spotnicks of the traditional "Hava Nagila" was less of a success, despite being given a similar Kirby treatment. Probably, she is most remembered for her dramatic re-working of the Doris Day song, 'Secret Love' which reached the UK Top 5. That year (1963), she won Top British Female Singer in the New Musical Express poll. Further hit singles were provided in the form of a cover version of Teresa Brewer's "Let me go lover," as well as "You're the One," and 1965's British Eurovision Song Contest entry, "I Belong," which came a creditable second. That year she also scored a hit single in the U.S. with the song "The Way of Love."
Kathy became one of the biggest stars of the mid-sixties, especially after her triumphant billing in 1965's Royal Command Variety Performance and two series of her own BBC TV show Kathy Kirby Sings. Her career started to go off the boil in 1967, and, remarkably, it was not long before sadly she was all but forgotten.- Barbara Howitt was born on 30 January 1923 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Castle Dangerous (1958) and The Petrified Princess (1959). She died on 19 May 2011 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.
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Jon Moncrief has been involved in the sports and entertainment industry for over ten years. He has been a sports writer and columnist, sports broadcast personality on television and radio, and a lead writer and associate producer for documentary films and weekly sports anthology show.
As a sports writer and columnist: he currently covers the NHL, the Los Angeles Kings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, all for Examiner.com; he serves as a featured contributor for the college football site BowlGamer.com; he has previously worked for numerous websites covering a variety of sports and teams including websites 90Ways, AllSports.com, Sports Central, and Sports Buzz; and previously as Senior Editor and feature writer for That's Life! entertainment magazine in New York.
As a sports broadcast personality: he currently co-hosts the fastest growing weekly sports show on the Internet called Inside Sports with Charles E. Smith, Jr.; previously hosted radio shows on the Internet and in specific markets around the country such as "Moncrief in the Morning", "SoCal Sports Weekly", "SportsRock", "Hockey Night in Florida", and "Sunday Tailgate".
As a lead writer and associate producer: he currently serves in the capacity of Creative Director for Inside Sports; previously held those titles on the television series "North Jersey Sports Showcase" airing on RNN in the New York City metropolitan area; also held those titles while working on the documentary film "4CHOSEN The Documentary" which won the Best Documentary award at the 2008 Garden State Film Festival; also served in the capacity of contributing screenwriter and staff writer on "4CHOSEN", "Harry: A Communication Breakdown", and "Anyone's Son".
Born in Illinois but raised in Montvale, New Jersey, Moncrief has a younger brother, Zac, who is a director and animator for the Disney Channel series Phineas & Ferb. Moncrief attended Pascack Hills High School, graduating with comedian Tom Papa and friend of such luminaries as actor Jon Doscher, CNN reporter Dana Bash, and television producers Bruce Beresford-Redman and Rick Hurvitz.
He currently lives in southern California, and loves playing golf, watching sports, singing karaoke, spending time with his nieces, and the sound of his own voice.- Jeffrey Catherine Jones was born on 10 January 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was married to Louise Simonson. He died on 19 May 2011 in Kingston, New York, USA.
- Hugo Márquez was born on 31 July 1941 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was an actor, known for Orinoko, New World (1984), Mansión de luxe (1986) and Móvil pasional (1994). He died on 19 May 2011 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 1926 - 19 May 2011) was an Irish economist, barrister, lecturer, public intellectual and Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987, Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987, Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1981 and March 1982 to December 1982 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1992. He was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1965 to 1969.
- Austin Box was born on 10 August 1988 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA. He died on 19 May 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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David González-Sinde was born on 30 August 1973 in Madrid, Spain. David was an assistant director, known for Cazadores de hombres (2008), Plans for Tomorrow (2010) and Pájaros muertos (2008). David died on 19 May 2011 in Chinchón, Madrid, Spain.- Don H. Barden was born on 20 December 1943 in Inkster, Michigan, USA. He was married to Bella Marshall. He died on 19 May 2011 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Mária Sós was born on 12 August 1948 in Budapest, Hungary. She was a director and writer, known for Boldogtalan kalap (1981), Városbújócska (1985) and A pártütök (1994). She died on 19 May 2011.- Erland Sneevang was born on 4 September 1920 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Nu stiger den (1966) and Dronningens vagtmester (1963). He was married to Erna Sneevang. He died on 19 May 2011.
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Ladislav Simon was born on 3 April 1929 in Klánovice, Czechoslovakia. He was a composer, known for Dvanáct (1964), Strevícky (1962) and Svatba s podmínkou (1965). He died on 19 May 2011 in Cercany, Czech Republic.