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- Dervis Ward was born on 5 December 1923 in Dowlais, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and To Sir, with Love (1967). He died on 27 March 1996 in Ascot, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Elisabeth (Liesl) Handl, a young Austrian dancer-turned actress, married Austrian comedy writer-producer Walter Reisch, whose greatest Viennese film success was Maskerade (1934). In that very popular comedy, star Paula Wessely played a prim secretary named Leopoldine "Poldi" Dur, whose (fictional) name happens to coincide with the equally fictional name of a scandalous nude model -- leading to numerous misunderstandings and complications.
In 1938 Mr & Mrs Reisch moved to the USA, where he enjoyed considerable success as a writer (Ninotchka) and later producer. His wife, nee Elisabeth Handl, acted small roles in a few Hollywood films, 1941-44, usually as young foreign-accented women (in one she played Hitler's niece). But for this second career, in the USA, Elisabeth (Handl) Reisch changed her name to "Poldi Dur" -- which the Reisches had lifted from the heroine of Reisch's 1934 Maskerade! (Perhaps they were trying to avoid confusion with the established actress Elissa Landi.)
Just think, if Reisch had remade Maskerade in Hollywood, with his wife playing the lead role, we would have been been confronted with the mind-boggling casting of actress "Poldi Dur" playing the character "Poldi Dur". - Rosemarie Ace was born on 14 May 1930 in Mesa County, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Lux Playhouse (1958), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). She died on 27 March 1996 in Grand Junction, Colorado, USA.
- Sound Department
- Composer
B.A. Taylor was born on 15 June 1921. B.A. was a composer, known for Camera Three (1955), A Date with Destiny (1990) and Dial M for Music (1965). B.A. died on 27 March 1996.- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Writer
Alfred Hirschmeier was born on 19 March 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a production designer and art director, known for Addio, piccola mia (1979), Der Aufenthalt (1983) and Wengler & Sons (1987). He died on 27 March 1996 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Stunts
Norman Edge was born on 12 June 1904 in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for I Spy (2002), Shanghai Knights (2003) and Legends of the Fall (1994). He died on 27 March 1996 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.- Louise Sirkin was born on 8 August 1910 in Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Pied Piper Malone (1924). She died on 27 March 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.