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- Dennis Reddy was born on 6 February 1947 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sand Castle (1961). He died on 19 February 1947 in California, USA.
- Seabiscuit was born on 23 May 1933 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He died on 17 May 1947 in Willits, California, USA.
- Actor
Eugene Cozier was born on 8 May 1933 in City of London, London, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 14 July 1947 in Plaistow, London, England, UK.- Borek Lipský was born on 22 December 1930 in Pelhrimov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Kluci na rece (1944). He died on 27 July 1947 in Pelhrimov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Billy Diamond was born on 4 April 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Reunion in Rhythm (1937). He died on 5 July 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sukanta Bhattacharya was born on 15 August 1926 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. Sukanta was a writer, known for Komal Gandhar (1961). Sukanta died on 13 May 1947 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India.
- Elizabeth Short was born July 29th, 1924, in Medford, Massachusetts, to Phoebe and Cleo Short. When she was five her father disappeared; his car was later found near a lake, apparently abandoned, which led to the belief that he had committed suicide. However, he later appeared at home and apologized to his wife for leaving the family like that. Nevertheless, she wouldn't take him back, and he left the family again and moved to the West Coast.
Elizabeth developed a passion for movies in her youth, and when she turned 19 she decided to visit her father in California. She stayed with him for a while, but it wasn't long before he kicked her out for "not doing anything with her life"; apparently he also wasn't enamored of the fact that Elizabeth was dating a lot of different men.
After moving out, Elizabeth traveled to Santa Barbara where she was arrested for underage drinking and sent back home to Massachusetts. She returned to southern California in 1946.
On January 15th, 1947, her body was found cut in half in a vacant lot in Leimert Park. It was assumed that she had died the previous day. The press named the crime "The Black Dahlia murder", mostly because of Elizabeth's dark hair and her practice of often times wearing black or dark clothing.
The murder started one of the most intense investigations in Los Angeles history, but although the police said they did have suspects, no arrests were ever made. The case still remains unsolved. - Writer
- Soundtrack
Pacifist writer Wolfgang Borchert was born in Hamburg, Germany. He began acting very young he and played several roles on stage before the outbreak of World War II when he was called up to serve in the German army. While serving as a soldier he made jokes about leading Nazis and was arrested. He was too young to be executed but while in jail he fell ill and the bad prison conditions made his condition worse. In May 1945 he returned home and started writing. His most famous play, "Draussen vor der Tuer", was originally developed for radio but received such a positive reaction from young Germans that it was later adapted for the theatre. One day before the premiere he died in hospital in Switzerland.- Jean Mercanton was born on 17 May 1920 in Marseille, France. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Wagon (1939), Il est charmant (1932) and À mi-chemin du ciel (1931). He died on 4 November 1947 in Paris, France.
- Anne Gee was born on 9 September 1919 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Pilgrim's Progress (1939), Bar aux Folies-Bergère (1938) and The Immortal Hour (1939). She was married to Harry Dexter Lyon. She died on 30 December 1947 in Sloley, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Carlo Minello was born on 9 February 1918 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for Se non son matti non li vogliamo (1941), La danza del fuoco (1943) and La zia di Carlo (1943). He was married to Maria Pia Arcangeli. He died on 27 July 1947 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Manolete was born on 4 July 1917 in Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain. He was an actor, known for Garabatos Manolete (1945), Mi Carro (2018) and Antología taurina (1972). He died on 29 August 1947 in Linares, Jaén, Spain.
- Donna Wood was born on 14 April 1917 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Pot o' Gold (1941). She died on 9 April 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Man o' War was born on 29 March 1917 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Kentucky Pride (1925), The Race of the Age (1920) and Trained Hoofs (1935). He died on 1 November 1947 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
- Ruth Eweler was born on 19 March 1916 in Plettenberg-Eiringhausen, Altena, Westphalia, Prussia [now Northrhine-Westphalia], Germany. She was an actress, known for Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti (1940), Atarashiki tsuchi (1937) and Einmal der liebe Herrgott sein (1942). She died on 1 October 1947 in Steglitz, Berlin, Germany.
- Actress
Maxine Barbur was born Melba Maxine Barbur on February 25, 1916 in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Silas Barbur, was a mechanic and her mother, Ruby, was a housewife. When she was a child her family moved to Arizona. They returned to Los Angeles in 1930 and Maxine was enrolled in North Hollywood high school. At the age of seventeen she won a Jean Harlow look-alike contest and was given a screen test at MGM. In an interview she said "Excited? You bet I am. Like all girls I have had dreams about the movies." Unfortunately she was not offered a film contract. The beautiful blonde landed a bit part in the 1935 musical The Girlfriend (she was credited as Maxine Barbour).
Then she became the featured vocalist for the Bob Fite orchestra. She also worked on the radio and appeared in several local plays. Maxine started dating R.M. Hacker, a linoleum contract. He became violent and in 1938 he beat her so badly she had permanent damage in her eye. During World War 2 she started working at an aircraft plant. On March 14, 1943 she married Tony Stimolo, a shipyard worker. The couple divorced a few years later. She continued to live in Los Angeles where she worked in a dress shop. Sadly on June 5, 1957 she died at the young age of forty-one. Maxine was buried at Inglewood Memorial Park in Inglewood, California.- Devi Mukherjee was born on 27 January 1916 in Chapra, Bihar, India. He was an actor, known for Hamrahi (1944), Udayer Pathey (1944) and Bhabhi Kaal (1945). He was married to Sumitra Devi. He died on 10 December 1947 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India.
- Gerda Neumann was born on 14 December 1915 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Musik i haven (1945), Mens sagføreren sover (1945) and Otte hundrede akkorder (1945). She was married to Jens Dennow. She died on 26 January 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Helen Ruth Mann was born in Ft. Worth, Texas. Her father, Gordon Mann, was a wealthy oil tycoon. When she was a child she danced in local stage productions and started performing in vaudeville. At the age of thirteen she made her film debut in the 1929 musical Happy Days. Helen's family moved to Los Angeles following the 1929 stock market crash. The beautiful blonde starred in the comedy shorts For The Love Of Fanny, He's A Honey, and The Girl Rush with Vernon Dent. In October of 1933 she married comedy writer Warren Burke. Unfortunately by 1935 her career had stalled and she was only being cast in bit parts.
Her final role was in the musical Folies Bergère de Paris. After divorcing her husband she married Adolphe Pagano, a film executive, in 1939. The couple divorced a few years later. Helen's third marriage, to Frank C. Lang, only lasted eight months. Then she moved in with her parents and fell into a deep depression. Tragically on April 17, 1947 she swallowed concentrated ammonia. Three days later, on April 20, she died Glendale Community hospital. She had committed suicide at the young age of thirty-one. Helen was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. - Rotraut Richter was born on 15 May 1915 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933), Violet of Potsdam Square (1936) and Trouble Backstairs (1935). She died on 1 October 1947 in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.
- Henry Oliver Rinnan, born May 14, 1915, in Levanger, Norway, was a Norwegian Gestapo agent during the Nazi occupation of Norway 1940-1945). Rinnan was a truckdriver in the Norwegian Army when he was recruited by the Gestapo in June 1940. He worked closely with the Nazi Sicherheitspolizei SiPo. In January 1942 Henry Rinnan formed the "Sonderabteilung Lola". This group, known as Rinnanbanden among Norwegians, had sixty known members. Among them were Karl Dolmen, Arild Hjulstad-Østby and Ivar and Kitty Grande. The members of the independent Gestapo unit infiltrated the resistance movement, by building trust in order to penetrate their networks. The Rinnan gang was responsible for the death of at least a hundred people in the Norwegian resistance and the British Special Operations Executive. In 1944 Henry Rinnan was appointed SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve, and received the Iron Cross of the 2nd grade. After Germany's capitulation in May 1945, Rinnan and a band of followers tried to escape into Sweden, but were caught. Henry Rinnan was sentenced for personally murdering at least thirteen people, aiding a hundred other murders and involvement in a thousand Norwegians unlawful imprisonment. He was executed by a firing squad on February 1, 1947, at Kristiansen Fortress, Trondheim. He showed no fear at meeting his fate. 40 % of the people executed in Norway as a result of war crimes trials after the Second World War were connected to Henry Rinnan and the "Sonderabteilung Lola".
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mathea Merryfield was born on 26 June 1913 in Stockton, California, USA. She was an actress, known for She Shall Have Music (1935). She died on 28 January 1947 in Stockton, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Christine Maple was born Christine Raphael on November 16, 1912 in Belle-Plaine, Kansas. When she was a child her parents divorced. Her mother remarried and they moved to Los Angeles. Christine started competing in beauty pageants and was a finalist in the Elks National Convention bathing beauty contest. In 1930 she made her film debut in the Charley Chase short Fifty Million Husbands. She also appeared as a dancer in the musical Whoopee. Florenz Ziegfeld hired her to star in the Ziegfeld Follies and gave her the title of "Miss Universe". During the show she shocked audiences by appearing on stage completely nude. She was romantically involved with violinist Enric Madriguera and plastic surgeon Dr. Morton Berson (who fixed her nose). Christine became known for wearing low-cut evening dresses and telling outrageous lies about her life. She once claimed that her father was a British duke. In December of 1933 she was arrested after causing a scene on train in Switzerland.
A few months later the wife of millionaire Martino De Alzaga Unzue accused her of being "too friendly" with her husband. She made headlines in April of 1935 when she got into a fight with a cab driver after refusing to pay her bill. Her mother said she had a nervous breakdown and sent her to a sanitarium. Christine signed a contract with Republic pictures in 1936 and appeared in the westerns The Big Show and Roarin' Lead. She went to Australia in 1938 to appear in a stage production of The Women. Unfortunately she had to leave the show when she became very ill. She suffered another nervous breakdown and had to be hospitalized in 1943. After being released she moved to Langhorne, Pennsylvania and worked in a department store. Tragically on January 12, 1947 she committed suicide by hanging herself. Christine was only thirty-four years old. Her body was cremated and her ashes were given to her family.- Lajos Alszeghy was born on 24 March 1912 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for A 2000 pengös férfi (1942), Lelki klinika (1941) and Valamit visz a víz (1944). He died on 9 December 1947 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Elena D'Orgaz was born on 20 December 1911 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for El capitán Malacara (1945), Dreams of Love (1935) and Monja casada, virgen y mártir (1935). She was married to José Baviera and Ocampo Riestra, Manuel. She died on 28 December 1947 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Conductor, composer, arranger, orchestrator, violinist and bandleader whose orchestra was regularly featured on a number of network radio programs of the 1940s including "Beulah". Al Sack, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, began his career as a violinist under the tutelage of Rudolph Ringwall, the assistant conductor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. Concentrating on arrangements and conducting, Al became the musical director for Olsen and Johnson productions. Settling in California, he worked in close conjunction with David Rose. Soon, Paul Whiteman appointed Al chief arranger and associate conductor on his Chase and Sanborn Hour radio program which emanated from Hollywood. Al Sack's orchestra recorded for Black and White Records and also made a number of recordings with such vocalists as Tony Martin, Ginny Simms, Andy Russell, Frank Morgan, Ann Sothern, Fred Astaire, Gracie Fields and Dinah Shore. (Al Sack is not to be confused with furniture expert Albert M. Sack or the quickie film producer Albert Sack.)- Pearl Argyle was born on 7 November 1910 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Chu Chin Chow (1934), Things to Come (1936) and Adventure Ltd. (1935). She was married to Curtis Bernhardt. She died on 29 January 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Composer
Jens Dennow was born on 7 August 1910 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a producer and writer, known for Op med humøret (1943), The Burning Question (1943) and Ebberød Bank (1943). He was married to Gerda Neumann. He died on 26 January 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Pauline Gower was born on 22 July 1910 in Tunbridge Wells, England, UK. Pauline died on 3 March 1947 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Gloria Grey was born on 23 October 1909 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Blake of Scotland Yard (1927), A Girl of the Limberlost (1924) and Bag and Baggage (1923). She was married to Ramon Romero. She died on 22 November 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Bill Hewitt was born on 8 October 1909 in Bay City, Michigan, USA. He died on 14 January 1947 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Anna Rápolthy was born on 5 July 1909 in Kisvárda, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Miss President (1935). She died on 2 July 1947 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Michael Cudahy was born on 24 November 1908 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Barbarian (1921). He was married to Marjorie Zier, Muriel Evans and Mary Jacklyn Roth. He died on 14 February 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Louis Adlon was born on 7 October 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for North Pole, Ahoy! (1934), The Big Show-Off (1945) and Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943). He was married to Rosemary Davies. He died on 31 March 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
John Arledge was born on 12 May 1907 in Crockett, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), County Fair (1937) and Two in Revolt (1936). He died on 15 May 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Byron Seawright was born on 22 March 1907 in California, USA. Byron died on 9 May 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
Roy Crane was born on 31 December 1906 in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA. He was an actor. He died on 10 April 1947 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Elsa O'Connor was born on 30 November 1906 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for El deseo (1944), La que no perdonó (1938) and El misterioso tío Sylas (1947). She died on 7 April 1947 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Director
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Aleksandr Evmenenko was born on 28 August 1906 in Gomel, Mogilyov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Gomel oblast, Belarus]. Aleksandr was a director and production designer, known for Kino-Krokodil Nomer 5 (1932), Road to Life (1931) and Diary of a Revolutionist (1932). Aleksandr died on 4 November 1947 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of the silent era, Olive Borden was a Mack Sennett bathing beauty at 15 and reached the peak of her career in 1926 when she made 11 films for Fox Studios and was earning $1,500 a week. Refusing to take a salary cut, Borden abruptly left Fox in 1928 and made only a few pictures for other studios before retiring from films in 1938. In 1943, she joined the WACS, and after her discharge, returned to Hollywood in a failed attempt to revive her career. At the time she was quoted as saying, "Since I got out of the Army I've gone from job to job. Something always goes wrong." By 1946 she was found scrubbing floors for a living and in 1947, at the age of 40, died of a "stomach ailment" at the Sunshine Mission - a home for destitute women on Los Angeles' Skid Row.
- Prince Gustaf Adolf was born on 22 April 1906 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was married to Princess Sibylla. He died on 26 January 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Music Department
Pali Pertis was born on 20 March 1906 in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Pali is known for A férfi mind örült (1937), Családunk szégyene (1943) and Férfihüség (1942). Pali died on 27 August 1947 in Budapest, Hungary.- Bugsy Siegel (born Benjamin Siegelbaum) came out of the tough Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn, and was involved in criminal activities from an early age. As a teenager he struck up a friendship with another local gangster, Meyer Lansky, that would last the rest of their lives, and in fact one of their first business dealings together was the formation of a gang of local toughs called the "Bugs and Meyer Mob". Siegel, unlike many of his contemporaries, didn't fit the stereotype of a typical gangster. He was tall, had thick wavy hair, movie-star good looks and clear, piercing blue eyes. While Lansky - as always - was the brains and financial genius behind the mob, Siegel was the brawn, always preferring to use his fists, his knife or his gun whenever an obstacle appeared, and soon got a reputation as a vicious and fearless killer. It was during this period that he acquired the nickname "Bugsy". While that name often was used as a term of respect or honor, in Siegel's case it was used as a synonym for "crazy" in recognition of his penchant for explosive, senseless violence (he hated the nickname and was known to physically assault anyone unwise enough to use it in his presence).
Siegel is most famous for his transformation of Las Vegas, Nevada, into a gambling mecca, although in reality that isn't quite true. Gambling had been legal in Nevada for quite some time and there were already gambling establishments in Las Vegas when Siegel got there. A Los Angeles businessman was trying to build a huge luxury hotel and casino to which he was hoping to attract wealthy film-industry and businesspeople from Los Angeles, but he was running into financial problems. Siegel, who had been unsuccessfully trying to gain a foothold in the gambling business in Las Vegas, seized the opportunity and bought a controlling interest in the project. He renamed the hotel "The Flamingo", after his nickname for his girlfriend, actress Virginia Hill. Siegel convinced many of his organized-crime friends and associates to put both the mob's money and their own into the venture, and he soon had more than a million dollars to work with. Unfortunately, Siegel's lack of business experience and his unfamiliarity with Las Vegas and the construction industry in general resulted in huge overruns as costs escalated, much of it due to theft, double-billing and other fraudulent business practices by many of the resort's contractors and suppliers. Soon the estimated price tag of the complex had ballooned from $1 million to $6 million, with no end in sight and no revenue coming in. The casino finally opened at the end of 1946, but opening night was a disaster. The weather was awful and kept many potential customers away, few of the locals showed up, and since the hotel wasn't finished yet, the customers who did gamble there took their lodgings at several of the other downtown casinos, thereby cutting into the hotel's profits on food and services. A few days after it opened the Flamingo was basically empty, and shortly thereafter Siegel closed it in order to finish up the hotel.
Siegel's mob "friends" were furious and wanted to put out a contract on his life, but were persuaded by Siegel's friend Lansky to let him have more time to finish the complex. In March the hotel was finally finished and the casino opened up again, and since gamblers were now able to stay in the hotel and avail themselves of food and entertainment in addition to the gambling, the casino began to make money, By the middle of 1947 it was showing a $250,000 profit for the year.
However, if Siegel thought he was off the hook, he was mistaken. On June 20, 1947, he was sitting on the couch at his home in Beverly Hills when gunmen standing outside his living room window opened fire on him. He was killed instantly. Although it has never been established who had ordered the hit, conventional wisdom is that his mob associates, even though they were now making money from the casino, were still angry with him for the financial losses they incurred during the construction phase, especially since much of the money came out of their own pockets. - Actor
- Director
- Producer
Vinayak Karnataki was born on 19 January 1906 in Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was an actor and director, known for Brahmachari (1938), Nigah-e-Nafrat (1935) and Vilasi Ishwar (1935). He was married to Meenaxi. He died on 19 August 1947 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India.- Robert Wyndham was born on 18 September 1905 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Champagne Charlie (1944), Dead of Night (1945) and Against the Wind (1948). He died on 19 August 1947 in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Mildred Gover was born on 16 September 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Telephone Operator (1937), Day-Time Wife (1939) and The Great American Broadcast (1941). She died on 11 September 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Phyllis Clare was born on 12 September 1905 in Fulham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Clive of India (1935), A Cup of Kindness (1947) and Romance in Rhythm (1934). She died on 1 November 1947 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Gerhard Kempinski was born on 14 June 1905 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Wanted for Murder (1946), Woman to Woman (1947) and Showtime (1946). He was married to Melanie Rahmer. He died on 14 February 1947 in Fitzrovia, London, England, UK.
- Hanns Ludin was born on 10 June 1905 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He was married to Erla von Jordan. He died on 9 December 1947 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Vasiliy Solovyov was born on 8 May 1905. Vasiliy was a cinematographer, known for Boyevoy kinosbornik 5 (1941), The Fall of Berlin (1945) and Liberation of Soviet Belarus (1945). Vasiliy died on 25 October 1947.