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- Signed on as a Warner Brothers starlet, bouncy, blonde-coiffed Diane McBain would develop a burgeoning career as lively '60s "bad girl" and "spoiled rich girl" types on film and TV. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 18, 1941, the family moved to California while still young and she started things off as a "sweet 16" model in print and commercial ads. Eventually TV got more than just a glimpse of this diverting beauty after a WB talent agent spotted her in a Los Angeles play and signed her on during her senior year at Glendale High School.
After busily apprenticing on various TV projects, Diane made her first big splash in 1960 (age 19) with a prominent role in Ice Palace (1960) co-starring Richard Burton, Carolyn Jones and Martha Hyer. Brimming with style and confidence, Diane was quickly ushered into other films as Warner's answer to Carroll Baker, winning parts in two consecutive soapers. The first was Parrish (1961) with beef-cake film star Troy Donahue and screen legend Claudette Colbert; the other was the title role in Claudelle Inglish (1961) opposite up-and-comers Chad Everett and Robert Logan. Neither the tawdry scripts nor the box office receipts were anything to write home about unfortunately, and her leading lady career in films started to flounder with such fodder as The Caretakers (1963) with Joan Crawford, A Distant Trumpet (1964), yet again with Donahue, and Spinout (1966). The last was one of Elvis Presley' later vehicles that signified an inevitable fadeout was on the horizon. Significantly better was her dizzy good time girl and socialite "Daphne Dutton" on the hip Warner Bros. series Surfside 6 (1960) alongside Van Williams (later TV's "Green Hornet") and Donohue. The show ran for two seasons.
Diane proved popular with the teen set with her devilish débutantes and snobby sophisticates, even accompanying Bob Hope on one of his USO tours of South Vietnam in 1966/67. On the cult series Batman (1966), she played "Pinky Pinkston" (with pink hair, pink outfits and a pink dog). By the late 1960s, however, her career began drifting into exploitation with terrible titles like I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969), Maryjane (1968) and The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968) (miscast as a biker chick) representative of what she was being handed.
Diane instead lay low for a time focusing instead on her child, Evan Burke, more or less splitting from the Hollywood scene. A few plays (Amanda in "The Glass Menagerie") and low budget films came her way, and in the 1980s she was seen a bit more on daytime soaps. The still young-looking and ever-elegant Diane was out and about in the 1990s as well, playing good-looking grandmas on such shows as Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). The victim of a rape attack in 1982, Diane chose to rise above her traumatic circumstances and help others as a rape counselor. - Actor
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Tony Barry was a busy Australian film and television character actor of considerable versatility. He was born in Ipswich, Queensland, and educated at Saint Patrick's College.
His working life began with a diversity of short-lived jobs -- including in retail, as a storeman, barkeeper and waiter-- before he eventually made his screen debut in 1968. Barry's malleable, weather-beaten features have since enhanced numerous films (beginning with a small role in The Mango Tree (1977)) and television episodes in both Australia and New Zealand.
In the 'land of the long white cloud', he became best known for his role in the comedy Goodbye Pork Pie (1980), a road movie described by one writer as 'Easy Rider meets the Keystone Kops'. The picture achieved instant cult status in New Zealand, Barry receiving the sobriquet of 'honorary Kiwi' and even being featured on a postage stamp.
In the Australian cinema revival of the 1970s and 1980s, Barry featured in many classic films, including Newsfront (1978) (Greasy), The Odd Angry Shot (1979) (Vietnam vet Black Ronnie) and We of the Never Never (1982) (station hand Mac). He latterly excelled at father figures, both the kindly and the cruel variety (I Can Jump Puddles (1981), Home by Christmas (2010), Jack Be Nimble (1993)), as police officers (The Picture Show Man (1977)), underworld figures ('Nipper' Jackson in Scales of Justice (1983)), tycoons (Sir Frank Packer in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (2011)) and barristers (Hell Has Harbour Views (2005)).
His final recurring role was as Ioan Gruffudd's former boss and mentor in the forensic crime drama Harrow (2018).
Tony Barry was for a number of years afflicted by melanoma, culminating in a 2013 leg amputation. He nonetheless battled on and continued his acting career right up to his death on 21 December 2022, at the age of 81.- Aminah Cendrakasih was born on 29 January 1938 in Magelang, Java, Indonesia. She was an actress, known for Si Doel: The Movie (2018), Ken Arok - Ken Dedes (1983) and Sayangilah Daku (1974). She died on 21 December 2022 in Indonesia.
- Gary Brookins was born on 24 June 1949. He was an actor, known for The Last Feed, Echo Boomers (2020) and Riot (2015). He was married to Gloria Jean (Safford) Brookins. He died on 21 December 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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Roger Jenkins was a prolific television drama director for decades who worked on series for the BBC and ITV. He retired from his directing career many years ago but became a valued member of his bridge club, where other members (being of the same generation as him) remembered him especially for his direction of Z Cars (1962), Mogul (1965) and Howards' Way (1985).- Pedro Paulo Rangel was born on 29 June 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Cego e Amigo Gedeão à Beira da Estrada (2002), O Coronel e o Lobisomem (2005) and The Aspones (2004). He died on 21 December 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Pakize Suda was born on 23 April 1952 in Izmir, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Turks in Space (2006), Feride (1971) and Yara (1978). She died on 21 December 2022 in Mugla, Turkey.
- Scott Minerd was born on 23 March 1959 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer, known for The Low End Theory, Joy Joy Nails (2017) and We Are Here (2022). He was married to Eloy Méndez. He died on 21 December 2022 in Vista, California, USA.
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Harvey Jett was a composer, known for Dazed and Confused (1993), Heels (2021) and Rock Concert (1973). He died on 21 December 2022 in Madisonville, Kentucky, USA.- Ronnie Hillman was born on 14 September 1991 in Long Beach, California, USA. He died on 21 December 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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Bilqees Khanum was an actress, known for Angarey (1972), Mitti Ke Putlay (1974) and Mele Sajna De (1972). She was married to Ustad Raees Khan. She died on 21 December 2022 in Karachi, Pakistan.- Additional Crew
Nick Frewin was born on 18 September 1971 in Kent, UK. He is known for Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Color Me Kubrick (2005) and Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001). He died on 21 December 2022 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.- Alberto Asor Rosa was born on 23 September 1933 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He died on 21 December 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Michael Heymann was born on 9 August 1939 in Leipzig, Germany. He died on 21 December 2022 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Simon Yaxley was an actor, known for The Gathering (2004). He died on 21 December 2022 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK.
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Mauro Sabbione was born on 17 April 1957 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor and composer, known for Uargh! (2019). He died on 21 December 2022 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Haydée Gastelú died on 21 December 2022 in Argentina.
- Dian Knight was born on 8 July 1944 in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA. Dian died on 21 December 2022 in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA.
- Franz Gertsch was born on 8 March 1930 in Mörigen, Switzerland. He was married to Maria Meer. He died on 21 December 2022 in Switzerland.
- Lou Pesaresi was born on 16 January 1952 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Blue Line (1995). He died on 21 December 2022 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.