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- Mary Sinclair was historically significant for being the first actress to sign a seven-year contract with a television studio. In 1951 she signed with CBS and became a staple in an emerging genre, the one-hour television drama. She regularly appeared on the most popular programs such as The U.S. Steel Hour, and Playhouse 90. Her performances in Wuthering Heights, with Charlton Heston, The Scarlet Letter, and Little Women paved the way for strong women characters in television. Mary SInclair began her career as a model. With a desire for more, Sinclair moved to New York City in 1944. This is where she met her future husband, Broadway producer 'George Abbot'. The catalyst of her career as an actress, however, was a chance encounter with CBS chairman of the board 'William S. Paley'. This encounter eventually resulted in the history-making contract, which lead to her stardom. A divorce from Abbot soon followed. Sinclair continued working in television and theater through the 1950s. She received an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in 1951, and appeared in the western Arrowhead (1953) with Charlton Heston and Jack Palance.
She retired from the spotlight in the 1960s. She decided to move to Europe and began painting. She studied and lived in Italy and France. During the early '70s, Sinclair relocated to Los Angeles, where she became active in local theater. Retiring to Arizona in her later years, she continued expressing herself with her paintings. Mary Sinclair died in Phoenix on November 5, 2000, at the age of 78. Sinclair's legacy lives on with her great niece, Krystee Clark who is a television and film actress in Los Angeles. - Actor
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American politician and songwriter who appeared in a number of films. Davis was born in the now-nonexistent town of Beech Springs, Louisiana, the son of sharecroppers. He and his ten siblings lived in dire poverty, but Davis paid his way through Louisiana College and Louisiana State University as a street musician. After graduate school, he taught at Dodd College for Women, supporting himself with a singing job on a local radio station. He got a chance to record one of his songs when a record talent scout heard him on a broadcast, and in 1934 his song "Nobody's Darling But Mine" was a hit. A 1931 song, "You Are My Sunshine," became a 1939 hit, a standard eventually recorded by a score of singing stars from Bing Crosby to Aretha Franklin. No longer poor, but unable to live off his songs, Davis entered politics and was elected police chief of Shreveport. He continued to record songs and occasionally acted in movies, especially B-Westerns, until in 1943 he decided to run for governor of Louisiana. Although Davis's opponent tried to use his singing background against him, it actually was a great factor in Davis's election to the post. Even after he was elected governor, he continued to record songs and played himself in a movie of his life, Louisiana (1947). During the 1950s, he made records and concert appearances, then ran again for governor again in the 1960s. He was elected again and reluctantly presided over Louisiana's difficult transition into greater racial equality. After this second term, Davis spent the rest of his career singing, recording over fifty albums. He died at 101, enormously popular in his home state and likely to be remembered less as a politician or actor than as the composer of "You Are My Sunshine," one of the most familiar American songs of all time.- Mart Gevers was born on 29 July 1932 in Antwerpen, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Dagboek van een herdershond (1978), Mira (1971) and Katie Tippel (1975). She died on 5 November 2000 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Milorad Ajdic was born on 19 September 1924 in Bitolj, Macedonia. He was an editor and director, known for Konvoj za Bar (1967), And Love Has Vanished (1961) and Dva drugara (1976). He died on 5 November 2000 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.- Jack O'Brian was born on 16 August 1914 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Studio One (1948), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948). He was married to Yvonne Johnston. He died on 5 November 2000 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Willard Marshall was born on 8 February 1921 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for It's My Turn (1980) and 1949 MLB All-Star Game (1949). He died on 5 November 2000 in Norwood, New Jersey, USA.
- Roger Peyrefitte was born on 17 August 1907 in Castres, Tarn, France. He was a writer and actor, known for This Special Friendship (1964), Nest of Vipers (1978) and The Seven Deadly Sins (1962). He died on 5 November 2000 in Paris, France.
- Carlo Mazzone was born in Padua, Italy and worked with Vittorio Gassman, Dario Fo, Giorgio Strehler and others in post-war Italy. He began his performing career as a mime and was Marcel Marceau's first Italian partner. He was assistant to Jacques Lecoq from 1948 -1951. In 1958 he emigrated to the USA, where he appeared in a number of stage productions and in the 1965 film "The American Wife" with Ugo Tognazzi. He began to use both parents names, and became known as Carlo Mazzone-Clementi. He devoted his life to the spread of mime and Commedia dell'Arte in the USA, and taught at Stratford, Ontario; Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis, NYU, and the American Conservatory Theatre. His students included Julie Harris, Rene Auberjonois, Joan van Ark. In 1974 with his wife Jane Hill, he founded a school in northern California, for the physical training of the actor. Called the Dell'Arte School of Mime & Comedy, the school continues to this day as Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
- David Brower was born on 1 July 1912 in Berkeley, California, USA. He died on 5 November 2000 in Berkeley, California, USA.
- James Burr Johnson was born on 24 March 1933 in Portland Oregon, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for One Day at a Time (1975), Mannix (1967) and The Greatest American Hero (1981). He died on 5 November 2000 in Portland, Oregon, USA.