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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Slender, strikingly beautiful strawberry blonde Anne Gwynne arrived in Hollywood a typical starry-eyed model looking to for top stardom. Not quite achieving her goal, she did become one of Universal Studio's favorite and revered cover girls while earning notoriety as one of cinema's finest screamers in 40's "B" horror films. She was able to extend her talents to include adventure stories, westerns, film noir and musical comedies before retiring in 1959.
The hazel-eyed beauty was born Marguerite Gwynne Trice in Waco, Texas, on December 18, 1918, the daughter of Pearl (née Guinn) and Jefferson Benjamin Trice, a clothing manufacturer. The family moved to St. Louis, Missouri when she was still a child. Following high school graduation, she studied drama at Stephens College. Accompanying her father to Los Angeles, she stayed and found work in a number of local community productions. She also supplemented her income as a swimsuit model for Catalina. A Universal studio talent agent happened to catch her in one of her theatre endeavors and the 20-year-old was tested and signed up in 1939.
Appearing in a few starlet bit parts as chorus girls or nurse types, Anne quickly earned her first female lead that same year with the western Oklahoma Frontier (1939) opposite cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown and continued on as a gorgeous co-star/second lead for such handsome leading men as Richard Arlen in Man from Montreal (1939); Robert Stack in Men of Texas (1942); she is best remembered, however, as a decorative lure for the monstrous antics of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Jr., among others, in such movie chillers as Black Friday (1940), The Black Cat (1941), The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942), Weird Woman (1944), House of Frankenstein (1944) and Murder in the Blue Room (1944).
Anne certainly had the looks and talent but not the luck, seldom rising above second-string film fare. She nevertheless proved quite popular with the servicemen as a WWII wall pin-up and, as with many other lovely actresses, found TV and commercials to be viable mediums for her as her film career waned. She, in fact, co-starred in TV's first filmed series, the noirish crime series Public Prosecutor (1947) as D.A. John Howard's legal secretary and guested on such action-filled 50's programs as "Ramar of the Jungle," "Death Valley Days" and "Northwest Passage."
Later sporadic appearances on film included The Blazing Sun (1950), Call of the Klondike (1950) and Breakdown (1952), the last-mentioned effort executive produced by her husband Max M. Gilford. She returned to the horror film fold once more as the star of the quickly dismissed, "poverty row" cult programmer Teenage Monster (1957). Here Anne plays a caring mother whose home is hit by a meteor. This results in the death of her husband and the monstrous mutation of her son. She tries to shield her boy from outside forces to save him. After a decade of retirement, Anne returned to make a brief, matronly appearance in the film Adam at Six A.M. (1970).
Married to Gilford in 1945, the pair had two children. Daughter/actress Gwynne Gilford is married to actor Robert Pine. Her grandson is actor Chris Pine. Anne's health began to deteriorate in the '90s; a widow by this time, she was moved to the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, where she died of complications from a stroke on March 31, 2003.- Eddie Arenas was born on 7 July 1935 in the Philippines. He was an actor, known for In This Corner (1962), Kundiman ng puso (1958) and Masquerade (1967). He was married to Lolita Rodriguez. He died on 31 March 2003 in the Philippines.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Tommy Seebach was born on 14 September 1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a composer, known for Album (2008), Sonny Soufflé chok show (1986) and Musikboxen (1980). He died on 31 March 2003 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Composer
- Music Department
Emmanuel Ghent was born on 15 May 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Emmanuel was a composer, known for UFO's (1972), 3 Degree K #02 (1982) and Innocence (1973). Emmanuel was married to Karen Weiss, Natalie Gudkov and Lila Rosenzweig. Emmanuel died on 31 March 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.- George Connor was born on 21 January 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Suzanne Dungan. He died on 31 March 2003 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Rae Creevey was born on 12 September 1933 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Rae is known for General Hospital (1963) and Family Feud (1976). Rae died on 31 March 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Additional Crew
- Writer
Alberto Farassino was born on 1 August 1944 in Caluso, Piedmont, Italy. He was a writer, known for L'ultima mazurka (1986), Rossellini visto da Rossellini (1993) and Pier Paolo Pasolini (1995). He died on 31 March 2003 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Additional Crew
Raisin was born on 13 February 1987. Raisin is known for Spotless (2002). Raisin died on 31 March 2003 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.- Eduardo Úrculo was born on 21 September 1938 in Santurce, Vizcaya, Spain. He was an actor, known for Tex and the Lord of the Deep (1985), Cha Cha Cha (1998) and Bajo la piel (1974). He was married to Annie Chanvallon and Victoria Hidalgo. He died on 31 March 2003 in Madrid, Spain.
- Viktor Dubrovsky was born on 28 January 1929. Viktor was a writer, known for Mkholod sikvdili modis autsileblad (1992), Frederik Moro (1973) and Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka i yego tyotushka (1976). Viktor died on 31 March 2003.
- Carter Higbee was born on 6 April 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Up the Creek (1984). He died on 31 March 2003 in Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
- Fernando Protásio was born on 14 July 1924 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He was an actor, known for A Grande Feira (1961). He died on 31 March 2003 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- David H. Gluck died on 31 March 2003 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Donald Coxeter was born on 9 February 1907 in London, England, UK. He died on 31 March 2003 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.