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British stage and film actress Elizabeth Allan was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire. She made her stage debut at the age of 17; her movie debut came about four years later with an appearance in the Hercule Poirot mystery Alibi (1931).
At the beginning of her career, Allan mainly appeared in films for Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios, but later signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1935 was a good year for the actress, with roles in two Charles Dickens adaptations: - David Copperfield (1935) and A Tale of Two Cities (1935) - and the star-studded horror Mark of the Vampire (1935).
Allan's relationship with MGM became strained after they announced her for a leading part in The Citadel (1938), only to then replace her with Rosalind Russell. Not long following this incident, Allan was again replaced in a successful picture, this time by Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). This was the final straw for Allan, and she successfully sued the studio, thus terminating her contract with them.
By the 1950s, Allan was taking on character roles. Notable movies of this period include No Highway in the Sky (1951), The Heart of the Matter (1953), and The Haunted Strangler (1958) (which turned out to be her final film). She also appeared on the UK version of the game show What's My Line (1951) as a panelist, which got her awarded with Great Britain's Top Female TV Personality of 1952.
Allan was married to agent Wilfred O'Bryen from 1932 to his death in 1977. She passed away on July 27, 1990 at the age of 80.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Bobby Day was born on 1 July 1928 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He is known for The Iron Giant (1999), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and Stand by Me (1986). He died on 27 July 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Maxine Gates was born on 3 March 1917 in Hebron, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for The Unholy Rollers (1972), Goof on the Roof (1953) and Oklahoma Annie (1952). She died on 27 July 1990 in Panorama City, California, USA.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
After majoring in painting and illustration at the University of Michigan, Ed Emshwiller studied in Paris at the École des Beaux Arts and NYC's Art Students League. An abstract expressionist, he was also a major science fiction illustrator during the 1950s and 1960s, winning Hugo Awards for his imaginative paperback and magazine covers. Active in the New American Cinema movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, he created multimedia performance pieces, cine-dance and experimental films, while also filming documentaries and low-budget features. After a period as artist-in-residence at the Television Laboratory WNET/13 (New York), he moved to California in 1984, serving as Dean of the School of Film and Video at the California Institute of the Arts. Emshwiller's works are in the Museum of Modern Art, while his files, correspondence, notebooks and stills are kept at the American Film Institute Library.- Art Director
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Ernest Archer was born on 26 July 1910 in the UK. He was an art director and production designer, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Zulu (1964) and Moonraker (1979). He died on 27 July 1990.- Martine Baujoud was born on 13 February 1949 in Menton, France. She died on 27 July 1990 in Montpellier, France.
- Actor
- Cinematographer
Yanush Alurkov was born on 30 May 1953. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Pochti valshebno priklyuchenie (1986), 13 dni (1964) and Konnikat (1964). He died on 27 July 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Nick Pippin was born on 22 November 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Simon (1980). He died on 27 July 1990 in New York City, New York, USA.