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- The face of Simone Signoret on the Paris Metro movie posters in March 1982 looked even older than her 61 years. She was still a box-office draw, but the film L'étoile du Nord (1982) would be her last theatrical release; she played the landlady. Signoret had a long film apprenticeship during World War II, mostly as an extra and occasionally getting to speak a single line. She worked without an official permit during the Nazi occupation of France because her father, who had fled to England, was Jewish. Working almost all the time, she made enough as an extra to support her mother and three younger brothers. Her breakthrough to international stardom came when she was 38 with the British film Room at the Top (1958). Her Alice Aisgill, an unhappily-married woman who hopes she has found true love, radiated real warmth in all of her scenes--not just the bedroom scenes. She was the same woman as Dedee, a prostitute who finds true love in Dédée d'Anvers (1948), a film directed by Signoret's first husband, Yves Allégret, a decade earlier. Hollywood beckoned throughout the 1950s, but both Signoret and her second husband, Yves Montand, were refused visas to enter the United States; their progressive political activities did not sit well with the ultra-conservative McCarthy-era mentality that gripped the US at the time. They got visas in 1960 so Montand, a singer, could perform in New York and San Francisco. They were in Los Angeles in March 1960 when Signoret received the Oscar for best actress and stayed on so Montand could play opposite Marilyn Monroe in Let's Make Love (1960). The Signoret film that is shown most often on TV and got a theatrical re-release in 1995, four decades after it was made is the French thriller Diabolique (1955). The chilly character Signoret plays is proof of her acting ability. More typical of her person is the countess in Ship of Fools (1965), a film that also starred Vivien Leigh ,which more than doubled its chances of being in a video-store or library film collection.
- James Ferrara was born on 11 May 1920 in Endicott, New York, USA. He was married to Delma Troy. He died on 30 September 1985 in Yuma, Arizona, USA.
- Craig Lawrence was born on 11 May 1920 in Endicott, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942), Mexicana (1945) and Gunsmoke (1947). He died on 30 September 1985 in Yuma, Arizona, USA.
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Floyd Delafield Crosby was born in 1899 to Fredrick Van Schoonhoven Crosby (1860-1920) and Julia Floyd Delafield (1874-1952). Floyd had one sibling, Katherine Van Rensselaer (Gregory). Floyd married Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead in 1940 and they had two children, Floyd Delafield Crosby (Ethan) in 1936 and David Crosby in 1940. Floyd and Aliph were divorced in 1960 and Floyd married Betty Cormack the same year. During World War II Crosby shot training films for pilots learning air routes and landing patterns all over the world (these films are vary difficult to find today and do not carry credits). Crosby left the military as a major in 1946. He enjoyed working on Hollywood "B" movies and shot many of them in the 1950s and 1960s, often for director Roger Corman. In the late 1960s he retired to live with his wife Betty in Ojai, CA. He passed away in 1986. More information about Floyd and his relationship with his family is available in his son David's autobiography "Long Time Gone".- Helen MacInnes was born on 7 October 1907 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for The Venetian Affair (1966), The Salzburg Connection (1972) and Assignment in Brittany (1943). She was married to Gilbert Highet. She died on 30 September 1985 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Minoru Midorikawa was born on 5 March 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981) and Ninja butai gekkô (1964). He died on 30 September 1985.
- Herbert Mayer was born on 5 April 1900 in Haag am Hausruck, Austria. He was an actor, known for Schlupp vom grünen Stern (1986), Katze mit Hut (1982) and Geschichten aus Holleschitz (1976). He died on 30 September 1985 in Montecito, California, USA.