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Martha Ellen Scott was born in Jamesport, Missouri, to Letha (McKinley) and Walter Alva Scott, an engineer and garage owner. She entered films in the early 1940s, following an initial appearance in stock. Her first film appearance was Our Town (1940), playing the same character as she played on the stage. She won an Academy Award nomination for her superb performance in the film. Martha Scott is remembered as a highly talented actress, however her work is often forgotten today as she was never seen as a truly bankable star by the major studios.
A recent memorable performance for Martha was as Sister Beatrice in the camp disaster movie Airport 1975 (1974). She played a dominant experienced nun with Helen Reddy, in a cast of major stars facing disaster on the stricken Boeing 747 jetliner.
She continued to work consistently throughout the 1970s and 1980s, often appearing in television movies and on the stage. She died at the age of 90 in May 2003 and is buried with her husband Mel Powell.- Peter MacLean was born on 2 January 1936 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Squirm (1976), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984). He was married to Dorothy Constantine. He died on 28 May 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Marc Zuber was born on 5 May 1944 in Lucknow, India. He was an actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Accident (1978) and A Little Princess (1973). He died on 28 May 2003 in London, England, UK.
- Helen Carscallen was born in Chengtu, Szechuan, West China in 1916. Her parents were educational missionaries.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1938, and decided early on to change careers about every ten years. Her first jobs were with the Big Sisters Association as a social worker, and Toronto Children's Aid in public relations.
In 1956, she joined the staff of CBC's Public Affairs Department as a Program Organizer (the title was later changed to Executive Producer). She organized and edited a one-hour daily radio program called 'Trans-Canada Matinée'. In 1961-62, along with Helen James, she organized a conference on the status of women in Canada, called 'The Real World of Women' held at the University of Toronto in September 1962. Subsequently she was asked to initiate and organize a daily national half-hour television program called Take Thirty (1962).
In 1965, she returned to the University of Toronto for post graduate studies. Her M.A. Thesis, called 'Social Control in a Broadcasting System', was a study of the clash between CBC Management and the producers and staff of a weekly hour-long program called This Hour Has Seven Days (1964). Upon completing her dissertation, she worked for ten years as a Professor of Communications at Ryerson University.
Carscallen had always maintained an interest in theatre, performing in amateur theatre companies and taking acting lessons. Accordingly, her last move was to pursue a professional acting career in film and theatre. She auditioned for Robin Phillips at the Stratford Festival, and gained a spot in the 1978 acting company. She later performed with professional theatre companies in Toronto and in a number of film & television productions, and received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 1986 ACTRA Awards for her role in the CBC-TV drama The Other Kingdom (1984). - Actress
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Janet Collins was born on 7 March 1917 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Flamingo (1942), Carmen (1952) and The Admiral Broadway Revue (1949). She died on 28 May 2003 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.- Actor
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Friedrich W. Bauschulte was born on 17 March 1923 in Münster, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977), Der Strick (1966) and Die Flucht nach Holland (1967). He was married to Ruth. He died on 28 May 2003 in Berlin, Germany.- Alexander Heimann was born on 27 June 1937 in Ferenberg, Bern, Switzerland. Alexander was a writer, known for Lisi und der General (1986) and Rufer, der Wolf (2005). Alexander died on 28 May 2003 in Bern, Switzerland.
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Antoni Wójtowicz was born on 10 April 1925 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Pogranicze w ogniu (1991), Zuzanna i chlopcy (1961) and Ostatni kurs (1963). He died on 28 May 2003 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Ilya Prigogine was born on 25 January 1917 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was married to Marina Prokopowicz. He died on 28 May 2003 in Brussels, Belgium.
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James Plunkett Kelly was born on 21 May 1920, at Sandymount in Dublin. He was educated at the Synge Street Christian Brothers School, and the Municipal School of Music, Camden St., Dublin, playing violin and viola. He became clerk in Dublin Gas Co., 1937, and later a full-time trade union official; working under Jim Larkin, April 1946-47, who later featured as a character in "Strumpet City".
In the mid-1950s he joined Radio Éireann as a drama assistant and began his literary career with a series of radio plays. In 1961 he was appointed one of the first two directors when the television service began, some becoming an Executive Producer.
His is probably best known as author of the novel Strumpet City (1980), first published in 1969. Its television adaptation by RTÉ became one of the station's most successful drama productions.
The inaugural James Plunkett Memorial Award Ceremony was held on 1 June 2004. In honour of his most famous novel there is also a Strumpet City prize , for a story set anywhere in Ireland during the period 1907-1914.