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- Art Irizawa was born in 1935 in British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge (1994), Cyberjack (1995) and Super Dave (1987). He died on 29 September 2022 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Bob Crewe was an American songwriter, singer, manager, record producer and fine artist. His career is among the most varied, successful and innovative in pop music history. He is probably best known for producing and co-writing with Bob Gaudio a string of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons. He is equally known for his hit recordings with The Rays, Diane Renay, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Freddie Cannon, Lesley Gore, Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Peabo Bryson and his own The Bob Crewe Generation.
In his 50+ years in the music industry, some of the Billboard Top Ten hits either co-written or produced by Crewe include "Silhouettes", "Daddy Cool", "Lah Dee Dah", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like a Man", "Dawn (Go Away)", "Ronnie", "Rag Doll", "Save It For Me", "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)", "Let's Hang On!", "Jenny Take A Ride", "Devil With A Blue Dress On", "Sock It To Me, Baby", "Music To Watch Girls By", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Jean", "Good Morning, Starshine", "Swearin' To God", "My Eyes Adored You" and "Lady Marmalade". His compositions have been heard in numerous motion pictures and television shows. He is portrayed as a character in the international stage musical hit, "Jersey Boys," for which he is credited as lyricist.
Bob Crewe died in Scarborough, Maine, on September 11, 2014.- The youngest of the talented Brontë siblings, Anne was born January 17th, 1820 to Rev. Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell Brontë. Her mother died of cancer when she was only a year old, and growing up Anne was especially close to her elder sister Emily Brontë. Along with their other sister, Charlotte Brontë and their only brother, Branwell Brontë, Anna and Emily invented the imaginary realms of Gondal and Angria, which absorbed most of their childhoods on the lonely Moors.
Despite her fragile health, Anne worked as a governess for some years before her brother, Branwell, entered the service of the same family she worked for. He was supposed to tutor the family's elder sons, but was dismissed in 1845 after having an affair with his employer's wife. Anne also resigned her position, and took up writing with her sisters, publishing "Poems" in 1846, a compilation of the Brontë girls' poetry. Encouraged by her literary success, Anne published two more novels, "Agnes Grey" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".
After her brother Branwell and sister Emily died within three months of one another in 1848, Anne herself came down with consumption. She was taken to the seaside, which she adored, by her sole surviving sister Charlotte, in the hopes of finding a cure. Anne Brontë died at Scarborough in 1849, a victim of tuberculosis. - Agnes Savile was born on 1 November 1886 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. She was married to Vincent Joseph Marie Savile. She died on 9 October 1972 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
Lester Hashey was born on 23 February 1925 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is known for We Stand Alone Together (2001). He died on 11 December 2002 in Scarborough, Maine, USA.- Ronald Herdman was born on 18 September 1932 in Hartlepool, County Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The Prince and the Pauper (1976) and McVicar (1980). He was married to Susan Uebel. He died on 31 December 2004 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
- The actor Helene Palmer, donned a black wig and frumpy overalls in the television soap opera Coronation Street to play Ida Clough, one of a triumvirate of stroppy machinists who tested Mike Baldwin's patience at his denim garment factory in Weatherfield in the 1970s. With Ivy Tilsley and Vera Duckworth, Ida featured from 1978 until 1988 as a militant unionist at Baldwin's Casuals - in a decade when strikes and lockouts were the order of the day in the real world.
The loudmouthed Ida challenged Ivy for the role of shop steward in 1980 but lost the election. She lost her job when, eight years later, she shopped Mike for drink-driving and he received a ban. At various times, Ida's children - the even louder Muriel (Angela Catherall) and the dopey van driver Bernard (Jeffrey Longmore) - worked at the factory.
Palmer was written out after asking to leave, having reached the age of 60, with plans to retire. However, she returned in 1995 for Ivy's screen funeral and was persuaded to do another stint (1996-98), with Ida working at Mike's new underwear factory. Once more, there was conflict when Ida complained that Sally Webster had been promoted to supervisor over her head. Palmer left Coronation Street again after insisting that she wanted to enjoy her retirement, but was persuaded to return to television one last time, in 2002, when she was enticed by the opportunity to play Eric Sykes's screen wife in the comedy-drama Stan the Man, starring John Thomson as a small-time crook.
Palmer was born Helene Mapplebeck in Bolton upon Dearne, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Her father, George, was a miner who also had some success as a boxer. On leaving school, Mapplebeck teamed up with her sister, Betty, to form the Beck Sisters, singing in pubs and clubs. Eventually, she went solo, as Helen Beck, and had a successful career on the northern club circuit, appearing on the same bill as comedians such as Les Dawson and Freddie Starr, and the singers Lynne Perrie and Elizabeth Dawn - who both later joined Coronation Street as Ivy Tilsley and Vera Duckworth.
She had married Alex Palmer in 1948. In 1970, she and her husband took over the New Inn pub, at Stainforth, near Doncaster, and she gave up her singing engagements. She started getting acting roles when the director Ken Loach scoured Yorkshire and County Durham to cast Days of Hope (1975), Jim Allen's epic tale of the labour movement from 1916 to 1926. Acting under the name Helen Beck, she played Martha Matthews, the mother of Ben (Paul Copley), who deserts from the British army after serving in Ireland and joins the Communist party, and Sarah (Pamela Brighton), who helps him in his cause during the general strike.
Then came the role of a pools winner's mother in a BBC Play for Today, Spend Spend Spend (1977), Jack Rosenthal's adaptation of a book based on the true story of Viv Nicholson, a Yorkshire housewife who won the pools in 1961 and found herself unable to handle the sudden wealth. In 1977, Palmer and her husband started running the Britannia hotel, in the Balby suburb of Doncaster, and she continued to perform as a singer once they had converted the first floor into a nightclub.
After joining Coronation Street, she always used her married name, Helene Palmer, for acting work. While drifting in and out of the serial, she also appeared on television in the Alan Bennett play All Day on the Sands (1979), as the surly boarding-house waitress who refuses to serve meals until an entire family is seated, and the Fay Weldon drama Life for Christine (1980), as the mother of a jailed 14-year-old girl, which was based on a true story. There was also a small role in the film Yanks (1979), Colin Welland's tale of American troops stationed in Yorkshire during the second world war, directed by John Schlesinger and starring Richard Gere.
From 1986, Palmer and her husband ran the Nags Head in Bridlington. On his retirement four years later, they moved to nearby Sewerby and enjoyed time spent at their holiday home in Spain. Palmer was survived by her husband and their son, David. - Transportation Department
- Actor
Kevin Robbin was born on 13 November 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Blindness (2008), What If (2013) and Back in Action (1994). He was married to Lorraine Shenken. He died on 17 May 2018 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Tom Laughton was born on 19 March 1903 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK. He died on 14 March 1984 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Marian Dawson was born on 18 October 1888 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960), Save a Little Sunshine (1938) and The Last Coupon (1932). She died in April 1975 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Actor
Murray Ashford was born on 28 September 1886 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 29 September 1945 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.- Beverly Banfield was born on 8 August 1941 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Startime (1959). She died on 6 October 2011 in Scarborough, Maine, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Burton Benjamin was born on 9 October 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Man Against Crime (1949), The Twentieth Century (1957) and The Hunter (1952). He died on 18 September 1988 in Scarborough, New York, USA.- Elizabeth Benson Guy was born on 7 December 1925 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was an actress, known for Folio (1955), Selections from the Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach (1964) and Festival (1960). She died on 8 July 2010 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Foster Hewitt was born on 21 November 1902 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for First Performance (1955), Hockey Night in Canada (1952) and Hockey: Canada's National Game (1932). He died on 21 April 1985 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Bernice Thurman Hunter was born on 3 November, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her interest in writing started during her childhood. Her first published work was at age 48 when the Toronto Star published the short story "A Grandchild Can Make Life Beautiful Again". Her first book, "That Scatterbrain Booky was published in 1981. Two more 'Booky' novels followed: "With Love from Booky" (1983) and "As Ever, Booky" (1985). Other novels written by Hunter include: "Hawk and Stretch, A Place for Margaret" (1984), "Margeret in the Middle" (1986), "Lamplighter"(1987), "Margaret on Her Way" (1988), "The Runaway" (2001), "It Takes Two" (2002) and several others. In 2001 she was appointed Member of the Order of Canada for her literary contributions to the arts. She died on 29 May, 2002 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
- Christopher Rowe was born in 1942. He died on 4 September 2001 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Herring is known for Saw VI (2009), Saw 3D (2010) and The Echo (2008). Robert died on 30 November 2022 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Gurston I. Rosenfeld was born on 23 August 1925 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for A Cool Sound from Hell (1959), The Terry Fox Story (1983) and A Dangerous Age (1957). He was married to Jacqueline Rosenfeld. He died on 8 November 1985 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
- Writer
- Director
- Composer
Douglas Hartley was born on 25 March 1934 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for WWI: An American Martyr (2018). He was married to Sondra Otey and Deborah Wait. He died on 14 July 2023 in Scarborough, Maine, USA.- Kenneth A. Forde was born on 6 July 1933 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Kareitha Ollivierre. He died on 2 June 2019 in Scarborough, New York, USA.
- Jack Medhurst was an actor, known for Folio (1955). He died on 18 December 2008 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Mike Waterson was born on 17 January 1941 in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, UK. He was married to Margaret Ann Collins. He died on 22 June 2011 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, UK.
- Red Burnett was born in 1911. He was an actor, known for For the Record (1976). He died on 1 April 1979 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Producer
- Director
- Production Manager
Hal Croxon was born on 5 March 1936. Hal was a producer and director, known for Theatre Royal (1961), Celebrity Tattle Tales (1980) and National Star Quest (1978). Hal died on 3 December 2023 in Scarborough, Queensland, Australia.