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- Actress
- Writer
Elizabeth James was born on 23 December 1944 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Born Losers (1967), Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) and Love from a Stranger (1958). She died on 10 February 2007 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.- Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Jeong Da-bin, whose real name is Jung Hye-sun, was mostly known for playing ever cheerful and effervescent every girl roles. Known primarily for playing schoolgirl types, she gained quite a popular following in Taiwan as well particularly for her roles in numerous "Korean wave" miniseries. She attended Yongdok Girls High School and Gongguk University for two years where she majored in Drama.
Her first breakout role was in the Korean fantasy movie "Danjeogbiyeonsu" in 2000 where she played alongside Kim Yun-jin, the star of the miniseries "Lost".
In 2004, she starred in a Korean high school romantic comedy called "Geunomeun Meoshitosda", or 'He Was Cool'. In that movie, she played an outgoing, spunky, comical and animated -- yet very naive, awkward and infatuated -- schoolgirl named Han Ye-won -- which was to become her signature role.
She also garnered several Korean television awards for her roles in such sitcoms like "The Summer Typhoon" (SBS, 2005); "She is Nineteen (SBS,2004); "Attic Cat" (MBC, 2003); "New Nonstop 2 & 3" (MBC 2002-3); "Trio" (MBC 2002); "The Full Sun" (KBS, 2001); and "Taeyangun Gadukhe" (KBS, 2001).
Among her awards was the 2004 SBS Year-end Award for her role in "She is 19", as well as the 2004 New Star Award. In 2003, she was awarded the MBC Best Actress Award in a Miniseries for "Attic Cat". Jeong Da-bin also did numerous television commercials for Korean companies like DNS, BYC, LG Monitor, GS-25 Mart, CJ Jelly, Korea Telecom (KT), and GameTube, among others.
On the morning of Saturday, Februay 10, 2007, Jeong Da-bin committed suicide in the apartment of her boyfriend in Seoul. She was found by her boyfriend hanging in his bathroom with a towel wrapped around her neck. While no apparent suicide note was left behind, an entry in her on-line bog shortly before her death indicated she was suffering from depression.
Jeong, who has always been known for her outgoing, funny, cheerful and positive schoolgirl image, is survived by her father, mother and one younger brother in Seoul. - Ned Austin was born on 29 April 1925 in Watauga County, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Maximum Overdrive (1986), Hot Summer in Barefoot County (1974) and Movin' On (1974). He died on 10 February 2007 in Boone, North Carolina, USA.
- Producer
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Charles S. Swartz was born on 22 April 1939 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Terminal Island (1973), Beyond Atlantis (1973) and It's a Bikini World (1967). He was married to Stephanie Rothman. He died on 10 February 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Chase Korte was born on 6 September 1982 in Elk River, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Gigi 12x5 (2005), Enemy Closer. (2006) and Tiny Explosions (2006). He died on 10 February 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Alan Gordon was born on 4 December 1951 in the UK. He was an actor, known for Six Bend Trap (2007), No Place (2007) and Billy's Present (1998). He died on 10 February 2007 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK.
- Laura Price was a producer, known for The Terry and Gaby Show (2003) and Making It at Holby (2004). She died on 10 February 2007 in Notting Hill, London, England, UK.
- Anita Coleman was born Anita Thibodeaux in New Iberia, Louisiana. On her mother's side, she was a direct descendant of Jean Lafitte, the Privateer. Her father's mother came over to the United States from Bordeaux, France. By the time she was five years old, both of her parents had died so she went to live with her grandmother where she only spoke in French until she went to school. Anita never lost her knowledge of the French language and was comfortable speaking both languages with equal aplomb. In 1939, when she was 19 years old, she and a girlfriend were visiting Jackson, Mississippi, where they were invited to radio station WSLI to watch a live broadcast of a young and popular singing personality by the name of Jimmie Jackson. Jimmie noticed the charming young Anita through the studio's double-paned, sound-proof glass and, two weeks later, they were married. Soon, the couple returned to New York where he renewed his show on WHN in Manhattan. A few years later, just before the outbreak of WWII, they moved to Hollywood where Jimmie had contracted to do a new show on the Warner Brothers' radio station KFWB. They had one child, J.P. Sloane.
Due to simmering tension between Japan and the United States, an unofficial American air force was developed to support Nationalist China known as the AVG (American Volunteer Group) better known as The Flying Tigers. These citizen heroes came from all over the US and embarked on ships sailing to the orient from Los Angeles. From the very first "wave," these boys took advantage of being in Hollywood, and one of the favorite things to do was a visit to the Warner Brothers' radio station and watch the "Jimmie Jackson Show" live. Jimmie became very attached to the guys as did Anita and they would see each "wave" off at the dock wishing them "God's speed." Jimmie wrote a song entitled, "Flying China Blues" which was all about the Flying Tigers and their bravery. That song became the Flying Tiger's fighting song and the lovely Anita became the first "Sweetheart of the Flying Tigers."
As the years moved on, Jimmie and Anita maintained close relationships with many of the Tigers, and Jimmie became their "Keeper of the Archives." Much of that material was used when Bob Prescott and some of the other Tiger's opened the once famous "Hungry Tiger Restaurant." Although much of the material was never returned, their son still has several boxes of Tiger memorabilia, including a piece of the tail of a Flying Tiger P40 fighter plane that crash landed in Chicago during the war.
Anita and Jimmie had many friends in Hollywood that were in the entertainment business. One lighthearted story centers around Jimmie Durante. It seems when Durante did his first television show he used as his opening scene a house with a mailbox in front. After the show Durante called Anita and asked her if she caught the show and if so how did she like it? Anita assured Jimmy she did see the show and enjoyed it very much but asked why he had used his actual home address on the opening scene's mailbox? Durante was shocked and told her, in his inimitable patois, "I did-dent tink anybody would notice dat!"
Celebrated as "Television's Hollywood Hostess," Anita was able to use her vast circle of friends to get all the juicy Hollywood tidbits and gossip, not to mention guest appearances for her spot on the long running television show "Memory Lane", and also on "The Downtown Show".
Later in life, Anita moved back to Louisiana to a sleepy little town named Lockport where she married her childhood sweetheart, Mack Barrios, and settled down to a quiet life where her neighbors had no idea they were living next door to a former glamorous Hollywood Star!