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Kathie Browne was born Jacqueline Sue Browne on September 19, 1930 in San Luis Obispo, California. She got her break in TV after appearing in a Los Angeles production of Tennessee Williams's play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", making her TV debut in 1957 in The Gray Ghost (1957), The Sheriff of Cochise (1956), and Gunsmoke (1955). The following year, she made her movie debut in the B-movie, Murder by Contract (1958), but it was mostly television that was her métier. She made numerous guest appearances on a plethora of TV shows. The blonde haired, blue-eyed beauty played mainly ingénue parts, and was a very busy TV actress of the 1960s and 1970s.
One of her most famous acting role was as the prospective bride of "Adam Cartwright", during the 1963-64 season of Bonanza (1959). She had appeared on the series twice before, as different characters, in 1961 and 1962, but was cast as the pretty widow, Laura Dayton, in 1963, appearing in 4 episodes broadcast between December 8, 1963 and May 17, 1964, which was the penultimate show of the season. Laura was supposed to marry Adam and ride off with him into the sunset as Pernell Roberts was unhappy with the show and threatening to leave. The producers, at the demand of NBC (which owned the show), hired Guy Williams as a potential replacement for Roberts. Instead of leaving after the 1963-64 season, Roberts signed on for one more year on the Ponderosa, and Browne (as Laura) rode off with Adam's cousin, Will Cartwright, instead (played by Williams). A year after her turn as a regular on the short-lived western series, Hondo (1967), Browne gave another memorable performance, in the Star Trek (1966) episode, Wink of an Eye (1968), in which she played the beautiful Scalosian who (what else?) falls in love (or at least lust) with Captain Kirk.
Browne married actor Darren McGavin in 1969, and they were frequent co-stars, including his starring series, Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), during the 1970s. She retired from acting in 1980.
Kathie Browne (legally Jacqueline K. McGavin) died on April 8, 2003 in Beverly Hills, California, aged 72.- Actor
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Although best known as the deputy on Bonanza (1959) and Robert in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Russell was also well-known on a national level as the owner of the Portland Mavericks Baseball Club. Helming the only independent team in the Class-A Northwest League, Russell was an innovator. Before Bull Durham (1988), there were the Mavericks. Russell kept a 30-man roster because he believed that some of the players deserved to have one last season. His motto was one 3-letter word. Not WIN, although the Mavericks did just that. No, the word was FUN. He created a park that kept all corporate sponsorship outside the gates, hired the first female general-manager in professional baseball, and the the next year hired the first Asian-American GM/Manager. That season his team set a record for the highest attendance in minor-league history and went on to win the pennant. Ex-major leaguers and never-weres who couldn't stop playing the game flocked to his June tryouts, which were always open to anyone who showed up. Players from as far away as France and Cape Town would head to Portland for a chance with Russell's Mavericks.- Ferenc Némethy was born on 19 February 1926 in Hajdúdorog, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Aelita (1980), Házasodj, Ausztria! (1970) and Szerelmes biciklisták (1965). He was married to Irén Varga. He died on 8 April 2003 in Budapest, Hungary.
- István Fonyó was born on 2 January 1939 in Dunakeszi, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Sunshine (1999), Makra (1974) and Ki beszél itt szerelemröl?! (1980). He died on 8 April 2003 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Maki Ishii was born on 28 May 1936 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for Urutora Q za mûbi: Hoshi no densetsu (1990), Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) and Kaguyahime the Moon Princess (1988). He died on 8 April 2003 in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
- Liz Clifford was born on 16 October 1945. She was married to Max Clifford. She died on 8 April 2003 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.
- Yôko Mizuki was born on 25 August 1910 in Tokyo, Japan. She was a writer, known for Kwaidan (1964), Kiku to Isamu (1959) and Konki (1961). She was married to Senkichi Taniguchi. She died on 8 April 2003 in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan.
- Anne Hubbell Lustig was born on 10 May 1962 in Sedalia, Missouri, USA. Anne was a producer, known for Great Books (1993), Stargazers (1994) and Alaskan Wilds (1998). Anne was married to Peter Lustig. Anne died on 8 April 2003 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.