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Jean Parker was born Lois Mae Green in 1915. Her father was Lewis Green, a gunsmith and hunter, and her mother was Pearl Melvina Burch (later known professionally as Mildred Brenner), one of 18 children of a pioneer family that came to Montana from Missouri and Iowa. Jean's maternal grandfather was a Presbyterian minister.
Parker was an accomplished gymnast and dancer, and was adopted by the Spickard family of Pasadena during her formative years when both her father and mother were unemployed during the Great Depression. As Lois Green, she entered a poster-painting contest and won for portraying Father Time. Ida Koverman, assistant to MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, heard that a pretty teenage girl had won the contest; she contacted the would-be starlet, and had Mayer offer her an MGM contract.
Parker made several important films in her career, including The Ghost Goes West (1935) with Robert Donat; Sequoia (1934) with Russell Hardie, shot in the Sequoia National Forest near Springville, California; Little Women (1933) with Joan Bennett and Katharine Hepburn; Operator 13 (1934) with Marion Davies; and many other films.
After several successful cross-country trips entertaining injured servicemen during World War II, Parker wed and divorced Curt Grotter of the Braille Institute in Los Angeles; and moved on to New York to star in the play "Loco". She also starred on Broadway in "Burlesque" with Bert Lahr, and in the hit "Born Yesterday", filling in for Judy Holliday. Parker's fourth and last husband, actor Robert Lowery, played opposite her as Brock in the play for a short stint. By this marriage, Parker bore her only child, a son, Robert Lowery Hanks.
Parker died on November 30, 2005 at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, aged 90, from a stroke. She was survived by her son and two granddaughters, Katie and Nora Hanks.- Sarina C. Grant was born on 24 February 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Candyman (1992), Catchfire (1990) and The Howling (1981). She died on 30 November 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Micke Dubois was born on 25 February 1959 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor and writer, known for Angne & Svullo (1988), Angne & Svullo 'Här och nu!' (1991) and Svullo grisar vidare (1990). He was married to Gitte Nilsson. He died on 30 November 2005 in Huddinge, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Director
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Boston-born Herbert Strock's introduction to the movie business was as director of the Fox Newsreel crew, visiting Hollywood stars in their homes. After serving with the Ordnance Motion Picture Division, he found employment as an editor at MGM and later moved into the infant medium of TV, producing and directing The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952), the first-ever motion picture film to become a network series. Strock made the transition to feature film directing in 1953, when (in the midst of production) he took over direction of the SF thriller The Magnetic Monster (1953) from Curt Siodmak. Today he operates his own post-production facilities.- Art Department
John S. Detlie was born on 23 December 1908 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. He is known for Bitter Sweet (1940), Lady Be Good (1941) and Strike Up the Band (1940). He was married to Virginia Crowell Detlie and Veronica Lake. He died on 30 November 2005 in Westlake Village, California, USA.- Consalvo Dell'Arti was born on 21 January 1914 in Brindisi, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Bel Ami (1979), Violent Rome (1975) and Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten (1968). He died on 30 November 2005.
- Mario Lozano was born on 13 December 1913 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for The Call of the Oboe (1998), Lindor Covas, el cimarrón (1963) and Si se calla el cantor (1973). He died on 30 November 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Stanislaw Niedbalski was born on 2 May 1922 in Slonawy, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Jastrzebie (1974), A Year in the Life of Franek W. (1968) and Zycie jest takie jakie jest (1989). He died on 30 November 2005 in Naklo nad Notecia, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.- Denis Lindsay was born on 4 September 1939 in Benoni, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. He died on 30 November 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Sante Calogero was born on 7 July 1928 in Mili San Marco, Messina, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for Love Me Licia (1986), Licia dolce Licia (1987) and L'alba (1981). He died on 30 November 2005 in Messina, Sicily, Italy.