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This pert, petite, delicate, dreamy-eyed French dish of post-war filming with the piled-high blonde hairdo was a one-time threat to the sexy, kittenish pedestal Brigitte Bardot stood on during the 1950s. While working for such legendary directors as Marcel Carné, Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier, Henri Decoin and René Clair, she also got to work opposite France's most handsome leading men, including Georges Marchal, Jean Marais, Jean Servais, François Périer, Daniel Gélin, Jacques Sernas and singer Marcel Amont, Dany became the epitome of the romantic, virginal heroine in light comedy souffles, although she was just as entrancing and touching in dramatic works.
Born Danielle Robin on April 4, 1927, the lithe Dany trained as a ballerina as a child and eventually made her way dancing with the Opera de Paris. At age 19, however, she opted for a movie career and decided to study at the Paris Conservatoire. Making her screen debut with a bit part in Lunegarde (1946), she first turned heads in the romantic dramedy Man About Town (1947) directed by Clair and starring Maurice Chevalier.
Dany continued to touch pulses with her naïve lovelies throughout the 50's with such pictures as Naughty Martine (1947); Monelle (1948); four films co-starring heartthrob Georges Marchal, whom she married in 1951 -- La passagère (1949), La voyageuse inattendue (1950), The Thirst of Men (1950) and Valley of Fire (1951); Elle et moi (1952); Deux sous de violettes (1951); Frou-Frou (1955); the title role in the films Holiday for Henrietta (1952) and Julietta (1953); the US/French co-production Act of Love (1953) starring Kirk Douglas; Napoleon (1955) (as Desiree); Frou-Frou (1955); Maid in Paris (1956); C'est arrivé à Aden... (1956); Bonsoir Paris (1956); C'est la faute d'Adam (1958); L'école des cocottes (1958); the title role in Mimi Pinson (1958); and The Chasers (1959).
Though most of her films were produced in her own homeland, Dany branched out internationally from time to time in the 1960's, appearing in the British sex comedy Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) opposite Peter Sellers and the innocuous, teen-oriented flick Follow the Boys (1963) starring singing teen pop idol Connie Francis here in the U.S. She matured with roles in Love and the Frenchwoman (1960), Les mystères de Paris (1962), Mandrin (1962), X-Ray of a Killer (1965) and a pair of British comedies Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967) and The Best House in London (1969). She would last appear on film in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Topaz (1969), an American production.
Divorced from first husband Marchal, the father of her two children, in 1968, Dany married British agent/producer Michael Sullivan the following year and retired quietly. On May 25, 1995, the 68-year-old former actress was tragically killed, along with Sullivan, in a fire that consumed their Paris apartment.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Alice Day began her film career as a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty in her mid-teens, and by age 18 was starring in features. Her younger sister, Marceline Day, was also an actress, but Alice never managed to eclipse her sister's career. She was soon working mainly in B pictures and shorts, and managed to stay steadily employed at various studios until 1932 when she retired after Gold (1932).- Jack Allen was born on 23 October 1907 in Sandbach, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Four Feathers (1939), Impulse (1954) and Coronation Street (1960). He was married to Ruth Dunning. He died on 25 May 1995 in London, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
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Ace cinematographer William Cronjager was born on March 28, 1930 in Queens, New York. Cronjager stems from a long and illustrious line of extraordinary technical experts in Hollywood: his father Henry Cronjager, uncle Edward Cronjager, grandfather Henry Cronjager, and great uncle Jules Cronjager were all first-rate cinematographers whose collective body of work dates back to the silent movie days in the early 20th century. William was a second assistant cameraman on "South Pacific" and an assistant cameraman on "The Hustler." Cronjager made his major mark on television and racked up a substantial amount of credits shooting episodes of such TV shows as "Alias Smith and Jones," "Baretta," "Columbo," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Hill Street Blues" (for which he won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography in a Series for his exemplary work on the pilot "Hill Street Station" and shot 27 episodes altogether of this groundbreaking television program), "Partners in Crme," and "Miami Vice." In addition to his extensive list of episodic television credits, William also shot a few theatrical features and a slew of made-for-TV pictures. His last credit was the TV movie "Broken Angel" in 1988. He died at age 65 on May 25, 1995 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.- Doreen Ubels was born on 23 April 1928 in Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Hiding Place (1975), Mrs Thursday (1966) and Kidnapped (1963). She died on 25 May 1995 in Fulham, London, England, UK.
- Bernd Palma was born in 1945. He was an actor, known for Das Lustschloß im Spessart (1978), 2069: A Sex Odyssey (1974) and Männer in den besten Jahren erzählen Sexgeschichten (1968). He died on 25 May 1995 in Austria.
- Cinematographer
Harbine Monroe was born on 25 September 1915 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Harbine was a cinematographer, known for Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940). Harbine died on 25 May 1995 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.