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Born as Eschal Loleet Grey Miller in 1918, Nan Grey was an actress who worked for Universal and other studios in the 1930s. She is probably best remembered for her work in the two Deanna Durbin movies, Three Smart Girls (1936) and Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939). Other than the Durbin vehicles, Grey was relegated to mostly "B" movies. She worked in an early John Wayne movie, The Sea Spoilers (1936), two early Gloria Jean movies, The Under-Pup (1939) and A Little Bit of Heaven (1940), as well as The Invisible Man Returns (1940), with Vincent Price, and The House of the Seven Gables (1940). Grey's last film was in 1941, although she continued to work on the radio soap opera, "Those We Love", until 1945 and in the theatre until 1950.
Grey's first marriage to jockey Jackie Westrope ended in divorce. Upon marrying singer Frankie Laine in 1950 (to whom she remained married for the rest of her life), she retired from acting, except for a guest appearance on the TV Western series, Rawhide (1959), with Laine (who sang the theme song for the series).
During the 1960s, Grey dabbled in inventing, and she developed a cosmetic mirror for nearsighted people. One of her customers was Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly).
Grey died in 1993, on her 75th birthday.- Canadian-born Cecilia Parker, daughter of a British army officer, moved with her family to Hollywood when she was a child. After graduation from high school she got a job as an extra. She did extra work for about a year before she was noticed by Fox executives, who signed her to a contract in 1931. Her career went along steadily if not spectacularly until 1937, when she was signed by MGM to play the older sister of Mickey Rooney in the "Andy Hardy" series. Although she had worked in everything from westerns to jungle serials, it's this part that people remember her for. She must have given MGM some trouble at one point, because in 1941 she was "loaned" (exiled is probably a better word) to ultra-low-rent studio PRC for one picture, a fate that usually befell actors who displeased the higher-ups at the studios. All was apparently forgiven, though, as she made five more pictures at MGM before she retired in 1942. She returned in 1958 for one final Andy Hardy film, but then went back to the real estate business she and her husband operated in Ventura, California, where she died in 1993.
- Maks Furijan was born on 19 September 1904 in Goricak near Ptuj, Austria-Hungary [now Slovenia]. He was an actor, known for Mafia - Die ehrenwerte Gesellschaft (1966), Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (1962) and Maja in vesoljcek (1988). He died on 25 July 1993 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Boris Ploskov was born on 29 March 1942 in Udomlya, Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Alpiyskaya ballada (1966) and Lyubimchik (1991). He died on 25 July 1993 in Perm, Russia.
- Albert Van Hoeck was born on 11 May 1920 in Turnhout, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Vergeet niet te lezen (1955). He died on 25 July 1993 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.
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Jana Marková was born on 4 May 1943 in Kaznéjov, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Sance (1971), The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1990) and Smrt krásných srncu (1987). She died on 25 July 1993 in Prague, Czech Republic.