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A brilliant comic actor Terry Scott was one of the most familiar faces on British television in the 1960s and 70s. At the height of his popularity his classic comedy series, Terry and June, (in which he co-starred with June Whitfield) was watched by 15 million viewers weekly.
Born Owen John Scott in Watford he began his theatrical career in his teens at the Watford Amateur Dramatic Society playing small comic roles. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Navy and in 1945 he used his demobilisation gratuity to enter show-business as a manager of seaside shows around Britain.
In 1949 he was contracted by the BBC to appear on a radio show with comic Bob Monkhouse which was not successful. Later he teamed up with another comic Bill Maynard which led to the popular TV series Great Scott, It's Maynard.
On stage in the late 50s he worked in farces with comedians such as Brian Rix before going on to star in another popular TV comedy Hugh and I (with Hugh Lloyd) which regularly topped the ratings during the 60s. In 1969 he joined up with comic actress June Whitfield in the series Happy Ever After which later evolved into Terry and June and ran for a record breaking 14 years. In 1978 the Scott and Whitfield were named by the Variety Club of Great Britain as Join Personalities of the Year.
On the London stage he starred he proved hugely popular in shows such as A Bed Full of Foreigners, The Mating Game and Run For Your Wife which he also toured in the Middle East. He was also one of Britain's most famous pantomime 'dames'.
Scott was dogged by ill-health for many years and in 1979 his life was saved by a four hour brain operation after a haemorrage. By 1985 he was suffering from creeping paralysis and often had to wear a neck brace on stage and TV. When his TV series Terry and June was axed in 1988 he suffered a nervous breakdown partly brought on by his public confession that he had indulged in a series of affairs during his marriage to former dancer Margaret Peden (whom he wed in 1957) and that he was suffering from cancer.- Actor
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Ernst Schröder was born on 27 January 1915 in Wanne-Eickel, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Stresemann (1957), The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955) and The Counterfeit Traitor (1962). He was married to Gesa Ferck and Inge Thiesfeld. He died on 26 July 1994 in Berlin, Germany.- Director
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Tonia Marketaki was born on 28 July 1942 in Athens, Greece. She was a director and writer, known for John the Violent (1973), Krystallines nyhtes (1992) and The Price of Love (1984). She died on 26 July 1994.- Writer
- Producer
Vittorio Bonicelli was born in 1919 in San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a writer and producer, known for Barbarella (1968), The Inquiry (1987) and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). He died on 26 July 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actress. The outbreak of the war prevented her from taking up studies at the Warsaw Institute of Film Art. In September 1939 she was involved in the Grodzienski Theater team, later transformed into a Polish Theater BSRR led by Aleksander Wegierka. In 1944 she continued her performances in Bialystok, then she went to Lublin, and was involved in the Theater of the Polish Army. With the band of this theater through Kraków and Kartowice she arrived in Lódz in 1945, where she performed until 1948. In the 1948/49 season she was in the team of the Lodz's Theater Intimate Soldier's House. In 1949, she moved to Warsaw with this band and after being transformed into Teatr Wspólczesny, she remained connected to it until 1967. In the years 1967-76 she was in the Ateneum Theater, in 1976-83 the Polish Theater and then the National Theater (1983- 90). In the 1980s she became involved in public activities and was a member of the National Council of the Patriotic Movement of National Revival.
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- Actor
Junnosuke Yoshiyuki was born on 13 April 1924 in Okayama, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Yûgure made (1980), Dark Room (1983) and Sure-sure (1960). He died on 26 July 1994 in Tokyo, Japan.