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Suellyn Lyon was born in Davenport, Iowa, the youngest of five siblings born to Sue Lyon (née Karr) and James Lyon. Sue Karr Lyon was 42 years old when she was widowed, when Suellyn was just 10 months old. Her mother worked in a hospital to provide for her children, and money was tight. The family then moved to Los Angeles in hopes that Suellyn could help out financially as a model.
She duly got jobs modeling for JC Penney, and doing a commercial, which featured her bleached blonde hair. She landed small parts on Dennis the Menace (1959) and The Loretta Young Show (1953). Director Stanley Kubrick saw Sue on the show and suggested to his partner that they should see her for the role of Lolita (1962). She was signed by the Glenn Shaw agency, and Pat Holmes, an agent, brought her down to Kubrick for audition, and won the part of Lolita.
In 1964, Sue married Hampton Fancher III but the marriage, like the four that would follow, would end in divorce. She was appearing at the time in such movies as 7 Women (1965), The Flim-Flam Man (1967) and Tony Rome (1967). Her second husband was Roland Harrison, an African-American photographer and football coach. The controversy over their marriage made them decide to move to Europe. She continued in movies like Evel Knievel (1971), Game of Murder (1973), and Murder in a Blue World (1973), but wound up divorcing Harrison, in part due to the fallout over the controversy and other problems.
Sue met Gary "Cotton" Adamson at the Colorado State Penitentiary, where he was serving time for murder and robbery. She worked as a cocktail waitress and lived in a hotel in Denver nearby. She married him in 1973 and began working for prison reform and conjugal rights. Unfortunately this was another short-lived marriage as she divorced him after he committed yet another robbery. More films followed including Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976), The Astral Factor (1978), Towing (1978), Crash! (1976), Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1971) and her final film, Alligator (1980).
Sue married Edward Weathers in 1983, but the marriage ended a year later. She married a radio engineer, Richard Rudman, but that marriage, like the four before it, ended in divorce.
Sue Lyon died in 2019, aged 73. She was survived by her only child, a daughter, Nona Harrison (from her marriage to Roland Harrison).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Kushal Punjabi was born on 23 April 1977 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Lakshya (2004), The Gift (2017) and Kaal (2005). He was married to Audrey Dolhen. He died on 26 December 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Actor
- Writer
- Composer
Les Chadwick was born on 11 May 1943 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Zodiac (2007), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) and Beast (2017). He was married to Jo Siopis. He died on 26 December 2019.- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Grammy award-winning songwriter ("Hello Dolly!" [1965]), composer and author, educated at the University of Miami (Bachelor of Arts) and the Parsons School of Design. His stage scores include "I Feel Wonderful" and "Parade" (off-Broadway), "Night Cap" (for night clubs), and "Milk and Honey", "Mame", and "Hello Dolly!" (Tony and New York Drama Critic awards, 1964) for Broadway. Joining ASCAP in 1963, his other popular-song compositions include "That Was Yesterday", "I Will Follow You", "Show Tune in 3[4 Time", "If He Walked Into My Life", "So Long, Dearie', "Mame", "Jolly Theatrical Season", "Your Good Morning", "Your Hand In My Hand", "Shalom", "There's No Reason In the World", "Milk and Honey', "It Only Takes a Moment", and "Ribbons Down My Back".- Lionel Williams was born on 23 March 1952 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Red Blooded American Girl (1990), Glitter (2001) and Turn It Up (2000). He died on 26 December 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Special Effects
- Actor
- Art Department
Tim Lawrence was born on 23 November 1958 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Howard the Duck (1986), Starman (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989). He died on 26 December 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.- Actress
- Director
Galina Volchek was born on 19 December 1933 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress and director, known for Don Kikhot (1957), Autumn Marathon (1979) and King Lear (1970). She was married to Mark Abelev and Evgeniy Evstigneev. She died on 26 December 2019 in Moscow, Russia.- Djordje Nenadovic was born on 27 July 1935 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1966), Wild Kurdistan (1965) and Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965). He died on 26 December 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Cirino Colocrai was born in Brooklyn and was a accomplished child musician, playing multiple instruments. He and Teddy Randazzo were boyhood friends, and in the early 1950s wrote several hit songs together, including "Rosemarie." Cirino's compositions "Runaround" and "Foolishly" were both recorded by Randazzo's group, the Three Chuckles. Cirino organized a group called "Cirino and the Bowties" to experiment and demonstrate, and record Cirino's songs. The group recorded rock and roll and teenage-themed uptempo love ballads for Roost Records during the mid-1950s, their first records being "Anytime" and "Rosemarie," which sold moderately, and were a rocking lounge act. Rock and roll disc jockey and promoter Alan Freed picked them as one of the most promising groups of 1956, and heavily promoted the band that year, putting them on the crowded bills of his lengendary rock and roll shows at the Brooklyn Paramount and Fox Theaters, and also featured the group in a starring musical role in his teen drive-in rock and roll exploitation quickie "Rock, Rock, Rock," in which they sang "Ever Since I Can Remember" and also backed up Ivy Schulman on "Rock, Pretty Baby." In the late 1950s, the Bowties seemed to slowly break up, as they lost their contract to Roost, and Cirino followed other, more songwriting-type, projects. Cirino's songs were featured in the movies "Jamboree" and "Country Music Holiday" during the late-'50s, such as "Toreador," "I Don't Like You No More," and "Goodbye My Darlin'." During the 1960s, Cirino continued to write more pop songs, some of them moderate hits, but now is in obscurity if he is alive, and even I don't know where the heck he is or what the heck he's doing now. Probably retired and living happily in a nice house with some longtime wife, and they had great, wonderful children, I'd like to think.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Sleepy LaBeef was born on 20 July 1935 in Smackover, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Salvation Boulevard (2011), The Exotic Ones (1968) and Sing Country (1971). He was married to Louise Barwick, Linda Sharon Cerny and Ouita Richards. He died on 26 December 2019 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA.- Ed Battle was born on 8 August 1934 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Forgotten One (1989), Almost Blue (1996) and The Chase (1991). He died on 26 December 2019 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
John Markwell was born on 26 May 1931 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK. He is known for Krull (1983), Legend (1985) and Photographing Fairies (1997). He died on 26 December 2019 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK.- Director
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Claude Régy was born on 1 May 1923 in Nîmes, Gard, France. He was a director and actor, known for La chevauchée sur le lac de Constance (1974), L'accusateur public (1965) and La chose publique (2003). He died on 26 December 2019 in Paris, France.- Stanislava Lekesová was born on 29 May 1956 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Kidnapped Home (2002), Naceva: Technický já (2018) and Studio 6 (1993). She died on 26 December 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Wilma Farrow was an actress, known for Cop Shop (1977) and Prisoner (1979). She died on 26 December 2019 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Elbert Dubenion was born on 16 February 1933 in Griffin, Georgia, USA. He died on 26 December 2019 in Westerville, Ohio, USA.
- Clive Smee was born on 29 April 1942 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was married to Denise Sell. He died on 26 December 2019 in the UK.
- Additional Crew
Wayne Carver was born on 21 February 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is known for The Mummy Road Show (1997), Forensic Files (1996) and 48 Hours (1988). He died on 26 December 2019 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA.