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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ray Walston started his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company. When the family moved to Houston, Texas, Walston's father wanted to teach him the oil business, but Walston instead joined a traveling repertory company (selling tickets as well as acting). He went on to associate with Margo Jones at the Houston Civic Theater for six years, then spent three seasons with the Cleveland Playhouse before arriving in New York in 1945. He has won a Tony Award for his performance as the Devil in Broadway's "Damn Yankees", two Emmy Awards for Picket Fences (1992), and become a household name playing the extraterrestrial "Uncle Martin" on My Favorite Martian (1963). Ray Walston died at age 86 of lupus on New Year's Day 2001 in Beverly Hills, California.- Sally Mansfield was the daughter of Samuel Mahder (October 5, 1901 - April 14, 1970) and Marie (Strorigl) Mahder (October 24, 1900 - February 10, 1963) both born in Hungary. Sally studied at Chicago's Children's Summer Theater and the Sherwood Music School, and trod the boards under her birth name at Chicago's Gage Park High School (5630 Rockwell Street) in the school's stage presentation of "The Tailormade Man" on June 19th and 20th, 1941. At NBC Radio in New York, she was heard on daytime dramas and commercials, then joined the Don Arden Dancers there and in Las Vegas. She became a contract player for Paramount Pictures in 1951 and traveled to Korea to participate in troop shows. By 1954, she represented the television-industry award ceremonies as Miss Emmy. Her major role, however, is as Vena Ray, the navigator and assistant aboard the United Worlds rocket ships Orbit Jet and Silver Moon in the syndicated television series "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" (1954).
- Actor
- Writer
Fabijan Sovagovic was born on 4 January 1932 in Ladimirevci, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor and writer, known for Rhythm of a Crime (1981), Covjek koji je volio sprovode (1989) and Handcuffs (1970). He was married to Maja Blaskov-Sovagovic. He died on 1 January 2001 in Zagreb, Croatia.- Madeleine Barbulée was born on 2 September 1910 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. She was an actress, known for A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973), La maison des bories (1970) and Les Misérables (1958). She died on 1 January 2001 in Paris, France.
- Emil Horváth St. was born on 27 August 1923 in Zlatno, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an actor, known for Spadla z oblakov (1978), Skalní v ofsajde (1961) and Alzbetin dvor (1986). He died on 1 January 2001 in Martin, Slovakia.
- Actor
Robert Brent was born on 5 May 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 1 January 2001 in La Habra, California, USA.- Hans-Günter Martens was born on 12 May 1930 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Madame Pompadour (1996), Preußische Nacht (1981) and Schwarz Rot Gold (1982). He was married to Ilse Ruesch. He died on 1 January 2001 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Ted Demers was born on 18 November 1958. He was an actor, known for One Life to Live (1968), Celebrity (1984) and Snoops (1989). He was married to Susan ?. He died on 1 January 2001 in Malibu, California, USA.
- Joan Winters was born on 24 September 1918 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. She was married to Guy Fielding and John Venables. She died on 1 January 2001 in San Rafael, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Jessie R. Ponitz was born on 8 November 1909. Jessie R. is known for Mr. Majestyk (1974), Fitzwilly (1967) and Some Kind of a Nut (1969). Jessie R. died on 1 January 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- A native of Baltimore, Maryland, John Steadman attended high school at Baltimore City College and briefly played minor league baseball before getting a job as a reporter for the Baltimore News-Post in 1945. He spent more than fifty years as a sports reporter, sports editor and columnist for the News-Post, the Baltimore News-American and the Baltimore Sun. In 2000, he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
J. Michael Stremel was born on 23 March 1966. He was a producer, known for Compassion in Exile: The Life of the 14th Dalai Lama (1992), The Dadshuttle (1996) and Reckless (1995). He died on 1 January 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.