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- Anissa Jones was an American child actress of Lebanese descent. She is primarily remembered for the role of the orphan girl Buffy Davis in the hit sitcom "Family Affair" (1966-1971). The series lasted for 5 seasons and 138 episodes. Jones' career rapidly declined following the end of the sitcom. She died due to "combined drug intoxication" when only 18-years-old.
In 1958, Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana. West Lafayette is a college town, primarily known as the home of Purdue University. Jones' father was the engineer John Paul Jones, who was at that time a faculty board member at Purdue University. Jones' mother was Mary Paula Tweel, a Lebanese-American zoology student.
Jones spend the first few years of her life in Charleston, West Virginia, where her family had settled. Around 1963, the Jones family moved to Playa Del Rey, California. Her father had accepted a job in aerospace engineering in California, and was eager to relocate to the West Coast. The marriage of Jones's parents soon deteriorated, and they were already divorced by 1965.
In 1964, Jones made her debut at television commercials. She was only 6-years-old at the time. She begun pursuing acting roles in 1965. She had her big break in 1966, when cast in a co-starring role in the new sitcom "Family Affair". She was 8-years-old at the time, but she was cast in the role of a 6-year-old. Jones was unusually short for her age, and she reportedly looked younger than her actual age.
Jones soon became a popular child actress, and she made several guest appearances in other television series. She served as a guest host in the variety show "The Hollywood Palace",. She was also interviewed in the talk shows "The Mike Douglas Show" and "The Merv Griffin Show". She made her film debut in 1969, with a small part in the drama film "The Trouble with Girls". The film's main star was Elvis Presley, in one of his last acting roles. The film depicted the murder of a pharmacist in Iowa, and the efforts of a band manager to profit from the crime.
"Family Affair" ended in 1971, leaving Jones without a regular role for the first time in her acting career. Despite auditioning for various roles over the following years, she was nearly always rejected. Her acting career ended at the age of 12. In 1976, Jones was still living in California and had a regular boyfriend.
On August 27, 1976, Jones went partying with her friends in the beach town of Oceanside, California. The following day, Jones was found dead at the home of Helen Hennessy, a close friend. An autopsy revealed that she had consumed a combination of cocaine, PCP, Quaalude, and Seconal. A small vial of blue liquid was found next to her corpse, but the police could not determine what it was. Jones was given a small, private funeral service. Her remains were cremated, and her ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
Following Jones' death, Dr. Don Carlos Moshos was arrested for illegally prescribing Seconal to Jones. Moshos died in late December 1976, while still awaiting his trial. In 1979, a court decision forced Moshos' estate to make compensations payments to Jones' surviving relatives. Jones' last surviving relative (her mother) died in January 2012. Jones is long gone, but is still fondly remembered for her sitcom role. - British novelist Richard Hughes was born in Weybridge, Surrey, in 1900. A graduate of Oriel College in Oxford, he wrote his first play, "The Sisters' Tragedy", while still an undergraduate. Although at first he wrote plays--he was at one time president of the Welsh National Theatre--and short stories, he eventually turned to novels as his main writing outlet. In the mid-'20s his health took a turn for the worse, and he spent the better part of a year recuperating, most of it in the US and several months at a quiet farm in Virginia.
Probably his best-known work is "The Innocent Voyage", a novel he wrote in 1929 about several English schoolchildren in Jamaica being sent back to England but whose ship is captured by a pirate captain. It was made into a successful film in 1965, A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), starring Anthony Quinn. - Louis Maïss was born on 17 August 1899 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Le Grand Amour (1969), Farewell Mister Grock (1950) and Présence du passé (1965). He died on 28 August 1976 in Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
- Monte Burkhart was born on 31 August 1931 in New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for Flaming Star (1960), One Step Beyond (1959) and Gun Fight (1961). He died on 28 August 1976 in Lincoln County, Oregon, USA.
- Patrick Desmond was born on 10 September 1907 in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Journey to the Unknown (1968) and Journey to Midnight (1968). He was married to Stella Linden. He died on 28 August 1976 in Islington, London, England, UK.
- Actress
Esther Moline was born on 17 April 1915 in California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 28 August 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.