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Una Merkel began her movie career as stand-in for Lillian Gish in the movie The Wind (1928). After that, she performed on Broadway before she returned to movies for the D.W. Griffith film Abraham Lincoln (1930). In her early years, before gaining a few pounds, she looked like Lillian Gish, but after Abraham Lincoln (1930) her comic potential was discovered. She mostly played supporting roles as the heroine's no-nonsense friend, but with her broad Southern accent and her peroxide blond hair, she gave one of her best performances as a wisecracking but not-so-bright chorus girl in 42nd Street (1933). Perhaps she is best remembered for her hair-pulling fight with Marlene Dietrich in Destry Rides Again (1939). In 1962, she was nominated for the Academy Award as best supporting actress in Summer and Smoke (1961).- Actor
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Consummate pianist and arranger, Benny Payne played with greats like Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Chu Berry, and Fats Waller, but his longest collaboration was with the lounge singer Billy Daniels; during the 1950s, they were among the first African-American entertainers to appear on national television. In 1964, Payne appeared on Broadway in a revival of "Golden Boy" with Daniels and Sammy Davis, Jr.- Bill Veeck was born on 9 February 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kid from Cleveland (1949), The Way It Was (1974) and The Eyes Have It (1948). He was married to Mary Frances Ackerman and Eleanor Raymond. He died on 2 January 1986 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Gene Sterling was born on 6 May 1920 in Texas, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) and Half Way to Hell (1960). He died on 2 January 1986 in Riverside, California, USA.- Music Department
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Herb Magidson was born on 7 January 1906 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Gay Divorcee (1934), Finch (2021) and Sống Để Yêu (1996). He died on 2 January 1986 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Make-Up Department
Helen Lierly was born on 4 February 1895 in Missouri, USA. She is known for Ruthless (1948), Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948) and The Clown and the Kid (1961). She died on 2 January 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.