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- Phyllis was born on Feburary 29, 1944, the oldest of 9 children. She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962. She went on to Gallaudet College (renamed Gallaudet University), actively participating in theater there. She finally made her debut on April 2, 1967, on the NBC nationwide program, "Theatre of the Deaf". In 1980, she earned the Tony Award for Best Actress of 1980 with her performance in "Children of a Lesser God", a Broadway play, which was also named Best Play of 1980 as well.
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Lafe McKee began working in Hollywood around 1913. He usually played the likeable father of the heroine, the distressed businessman, or the ranch owner on the verge of losing his homestead or cattle to the villains. The majority of his films were westerns and he supported such actors as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Gene Autry, Tim McCoy, Tom Tyler, and others.- Allene Ray made her reputation as a star of action serials in the '20s, and she had the background for it. She was born and raised on a ranch outside of San Antonio, Texas, and could not only ride horses at an early age, but learned to tame bucking broncs, a very unusual thing to do for women in those times. A local theatrical impresario discovered that Allene could also sing and dance well, and she was offered a part in his productions. It was while appearing in them in 1919 that a western actor and writer, Tex O'Reilly, who was shooting two-reel westerns in San Antonio, spotted her, and she was soon appearing with him in those films. The next year she traveled to New York where she was contracted to make one film, but stayed there for several more. By 1924 she was making serials for Pathe, where she found her niche. Her natural athletic ability led to her often refusing to use a double, as she wanted to perform her own stunts. Pathe teamed her with actor Walter Miller, a successful effort that resulted in their making eight serials together. When Pathe gave up makng serials in 1929, Ray moved to Universal, which was still actively engaged in making them. Unfortunately, her career did not survive the sound era, as she had a high-pitched, squeaky voce that did not come out well on film. She made her last film in 1930, retired, and was never heard from again.
- Jack Clifford (born John Clifford Cooley in 1888) had what one might call a "challenged childhood." He was in two orphanages, and seven foster homes from New York to Texas. Despite the early obstacles he became an American "headliner" (Orpheum Circuit) vaudeville performer, who was evidently pretty good. Part of his act was as a "rube," hard of hearing country bumpkin who created punch lines from misunderstood words, acted in skits, and sang. Rube became his nick name and in some cases his credited name. Shortly after his act included his then wife Miriam Wills. He started in about 1913, and in addition to his vaudeville acting, he began a successful movie career in Cecil B. DeMille's The Squaw Man (1914). For the next 40 years in addition to vaudeville and movies, he starred in the 1930 radio series KFWB Hi-Jinks As a hard of hearing Sheriff with such notables as Cliff Arquette, Billy Nelson, and Johnny Murray In the 30's "The Sheriff" toured California as a Representative for Gilmore Oil (Now Mobil Oil) also appearing at the Pomona Fair. The majority of movie appearances were just bit parts with the few notable exceptions. The exceptions were Dimples (1936) as Uncle Tom, a full length part with Bob Steel in The Sunrise Trail (1931), the part of Dog catcher Nubbins in Skippy (1931), The Lone Ranger (1949) series in 1949 and 1955, and 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) with Glenn Tryon. Keith Scott attributes the origin of the character "Foghorn Leghorn" to Clifford. Toward the end of his career when gigs began to dry up, his agent moved to Palm Springs. He retired to Temple City, California with His Wife Virginia (Meldrum) Clifford and died in 1974.
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Edward T. McAvoy was born on 23 July 1949 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Rocketeer (1991), The Rock (1996) and Outbreak (1995). He died on 4 May 2005 in Temple City, California, USA.- A. Roy Knabenshue was born on 15 July 1875 in Lancaster, Ohio, USA. He died on 6 March 1960 in Temple City, California, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Betty Inada was born on 10 November 1913 in Sacramento, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Hodô no sasayaki (1936) and Grand Show 1946 nen (1946). She was married to Cecil Silva. She died on 14 November 2001 in Temple City, California, USA.- Actor
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J Stash was born on 23 September 1993. He was an actor, known for J $tash: Nuthin (2013), Kohh feat. J $tash and Young Sachi: Hiroi Sekai (2014) and J $tash: Nuthin (Remix) (2014). He died on 1 January 2022 in Temple City, California, USA.- Oscar Otis was one of the leading writers on horse racing and the turf in general during the middle of the Twentieth Century. Starting out as a kid selling copies of the San Diego "Daily Bulletin" on street corners and in saloons, he soon began haunting the stables, paddocks, and race tracks of Southern California and northern Mexico and learned the language of the turf and of its denizens; as a racetrack announcer, and later as a professional newspaperman, turf writer and editor for various publications, including the "Daily Racing Form," he soon became one of the most knowledgeable turf journalists of his time, with his "Double-O" column in the Los Angeles "Times" being one of the most detailed and well-written accounts of thoroughbred racing during this period. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II and in later years, with his wife, owned a small farm in the San Joaquin Valley where they grew almonds and had a vineyard.