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Sam Coppola was born on 31 July 1935 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Saturday Night Fever (1977), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Jacob's Ladder (1990). He was married to Helen Elizabeth Shinnick. He died on 5 February 2012 in Leonia, New Jersey, USA.- Her parents were both stage actors, so Priscilla Dean began her career as an infant in their productions. She made her film debut at age 14 in a series of one-reelers for Biograph and several other studios. In 1911 she was hired by Universal Pictures and soon gained popularity as the female lead in the comedy series of Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. Her appearance in the serial The Gray Ghost (1917) propelled her to stardom, and she began appearing in many of Universal's most prestigious productions. The coming of sound damaged her career, however, and by the early 1930s she was appearing in low-budget films for minor independent studios.
- Carmel came to the U.S. in 1954 with her husband, Bill Fuller, on a business trip. Back in Ireland she had done some professional singing but gave it up when she married. While in new York city, she missed singing and refrained from doing so thinking the other apartment occupants would object. A voice instructor permitted her to use his studio and after hearing her, he submitted her name for an audition on the Lipton Talent Scout show. She won the show which started her on a great career. It was quite a change for the woman who was afraid of disturbing her neighbors and never dreamed that millions of Americans would tune in their TV sets just to hear her sing. After appearing on the "Arthur Godfrey Show", she became America's favorite Irish lass. She later drew and overflow crowd to Carnegie Hall and published a book of Irish songs.
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Ben Ryan was a vaudeville performer, skit and song writer who first appeared on stage at the age of twelve. He toured for many years on the vaudeville circuit with blues singer Harriet Lee. Ryan is remembered as the composer of Jimmy Durante's trademark song "Inka Dinka Doo" and such hit songs as "Heart of My Heart", "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-P-P-I" and "When Frances Dances With Me". He had also contributed material for comedians Jack Benny, Fred Allen Groucho Marx and producer George White.
Ben Ryan was a close friend of singer Sophie Tucker and writer Ring Lardner.- Writer
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George Lefferts is a Writer/Producer/Director of television dramas,motion pictures,documentaries, and plays, and a former columnist for The New York Observer. He has won three Emmy Awards, for "The Purex Specials for Women", [Best Documentary Series, NBC]; "The Lives of Benjamin Franklin", [Best Miniseries, CBS]; and "Teacher, Teacher", [Best Drama. CBS]. He has also won the Golden Globe Award of the Foreign Press Association for "Specials for Women", NBC; the Albert Lasker Medical Award for "What Price Health", with Sen. Ted Kennedy, NBC; two consecutive New England Press Ass'n First Place Awards for Best Weekly Newspaper Column for "The New York Observer" & "The Litchfield County Times"]; the National Media Award for "The Trapped Housewife, Purex Specials for Women" NBC; the Cine Golden Eagle Award for Best Industrial Film for "Moonflights & Medicine", for Merck; the Producers Guild Award for "The Breaking Point", ABC; the Peabody Award for "Biographies in Sound", NBC; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award for "Medical Emergency", NBC; a nomination for the Christopher Award for Outstanding Writing for "Never Say Goodbye", CBS; and the Writers Guild Award for "One Life to Live", ABC.
His writing credits include "Bravo Picasso!" NBC, with Pablo Picasso, Yves Montand, and Jacqueline Kennedy]; The Trial of Jean Harris", NBC, with Ellen Burstyne; and "The Living End", NBC.
His motion picture credits include the feature film "Mean Dog Blues," [Writer-Producer] starring George Kennedy;and twenty-six movies for television including "The Night They Took Miss Beautiful" [Writer-Producer] starring Phil Silvers, Victoria Principal & Chuck Connors; "Bird & Snake"[Producer] starring Robert Redford; "Solo for B-flat Clarinet"[Writer-Producer] directed by Sydney Pollack, "Dson;t Cry, Baby" [Writer-Producer] with Sherry North and "The Gnu, Almost Extinct,"[Producer] with Lillian Gish and Walter Pidgeon.
His producing credits include "The Smithsonian Insitution Specials", CBS; "Ryans Hope", ABC [original producer, daytime drama]; "Alcoa Preview", ABC; "The Breaking Point", ABC [weekly series]; "Confidential for Women", ABC, daytime drama-documentary]; "Ben Franklin", CBS [miniseries]
He has served as Executive Producer for NBC, ABC, CBS, and David Wolper Productions. Recent works [1999-2002] include a pilot "Scandalous Art, with Maury Povich, Bravo; book, music and lyrics for "Beachballs!", original musical; and "The Boat", drama for production at The Helen Hayes Theater in 2005.- Claude Brooke was born in 1853 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Does It Pay? (1923), Classmates (1924) and God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926). He was married to Cora Leslie (actress). He died on 14 December 1933 in Leonia, New Jersey, USA.
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Joseph Kramer was born on 7 December 1924 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Smart Home Nation (2021). He was married to Joan Glassman. He died on 30 August 2021 in Leonia, New Jersey, USA.