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- Maxine Zazzara was born on 15 May 1940 in West Memphis, Arkansas, USA. She was married to Vincent Zazzara. She died on 29 March 1985 in Whittier, California, USA.
- Alan Passaro was born on 23 August 1948 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 29 March 1985 in Morgan Hill, California, USA.
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- Additional Crew
Pat Zurica was born on 21 August 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Patton (1970), The Savage Is Loose (1974) and The Last Run (1971). He died on 29 March 1985 in Staten Island, New York, USA.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Soeur Sourire ("Sister Smile") a.k.a. the Singing Nun, was born Jeanine Deckers on October 17, 1933, in Belgium. She attended art school as a young girl, while also developing her musical talents. Jeanine learned to sing and play, and write her own songs. She was not from a close-knit family, and even though Jeanine said she was not against marriage, she was more at home with convent life. In the 1950s she joined a Dominican convent and (as was a custom in some religious orders) she abandoned her real name and chose a new one: Sister Luc-Gabrielle. She sang and played guitar for church groups. Eventually, Philips Record Co. discovered her, and signed her to a contract (with her profits being donated to her Order, since had taken a vow of poverty). Sister Luc adopted the stage name Soeur Sourire ("Sister Smile"). In 1963, she wrote "Dominique" (a tribute to the founder of her Dominican order), which was her one big hit. She won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel music that year. A taped version of her singing that song was broadcast on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964 (the same year the Beatles appeared on his show). MGM turned her life into a syrupy movie _Singing Nun, The (1965)_ starring Debbie Reynolds in the titular role, and Soeur Sourire wrote most of the songs. It was perhaps more publicity than she wanted, that same year the Singing Nun stopped performing music, preferring to concentrate on her studies in the convent. A year later she left the convent and resumed her singing career; she changed her name to Luc Dominique, combining her religious name and her hit song. By the late 1960s, her songs had controversial themes. She joined with a woman, Annie Pescher, and together they owned and operated a school for autistic children. In the 1980s, the Belgian government said that the Singing Nun owed over $60,000 in back taxes, on money she had earned during her singing career while a nun. She had donated all her proceeds to the convent, but the Belgian government said she owed the money nonetheless. In 1985, Luc Dominique and Annie Pescher killed themselves in a suicide pact. The Singing Nun will be remembered by this song... "Dominique, nique, nique, Over the land he plods along, And sings a little song. Never asking for reward, He just talks about the Lord, He just talks about the Lord."- Michael Burlington was born in 1949 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Top Secret! (1984), BBC2 Playhouse (1973) and The Bagthorpe Saga (1981). He died on 29 March 1985.
- Actor
- Writer
Jorge Reyes was born on 14 February 1907 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for Los tres mosqueteros (1942), Naná (1944) and La liga de las canciones (1941). He died on 29 March 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Gerhard Karl Edward Stock was born on July 28, 1911 in Kaiserswalde, Brandenburg, Germany. The son of a butcher, Stock grew up in the Province of Posen. A versatile athlete, Gerhard was a three-time World Student Games champion: He won both the men's javelin throw and pentathlon in 1935 and the men's shot put in 1939. Stock's other notable athletic accomplishments include winning the bronze medal in the men's shot put and the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany; placing second in shot put and seventh in the javelin throw at the 1938 European Championships; winning the domestic German title in the javelin throw in 1938; and placing second in the German men's javelin throw from 1933 to 1947.
Gerhard had a college degree in philology and began working as a teacher in 1938. Stock became a member of the Nazi paramilitary organization Sturmanteilung in 1933 and was promoted to the rank of major in 1944. Following his military service in World War II Gerhard was the chef de mission of the Unified German Olympic team in 1956 and 1960 as well as deputy chef de mission of same in 1964. His daughter Jutta Stock participated as a sprinter at the 1968 Olympic Games while his son-in-law Peter Hertel was a 1966 rowing world champion in coxed eights and his grandson Ole Hertel was a competitive shot putter and discus thrower. Stock died at age 73 on March 29, 1985 in Hamburg, Germany. - Actor
Buddy Moore was born on 7 March 1920 in California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 29 March 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
- Actress
- Writer
Irmingard von Freyberg was born on 6 January 1907 in Munich, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Biblische Geschichte (1955), Der Klosterjäger (1953) and Erzgebirgische Weihnachtszeit (1955). She died on 29 March 1985 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany.- Make-Up Department
Kazimiera Narkiewicz-Opalinska is known for Spóznieni przechodnie (1962), Sygnaly (1938) and Dezerter (1958). She died on 29 March 1985 in Poland.- Cinematographer
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Josef Strecha was born on 3 November 1907 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Prague, Czech Republic]. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Distant Journey (1949), Pereje (1941) and 105 % alibi (1959). He died on 29 March 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Prague, Czech Republic].