Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (September 29, 1931 – January 11, 2015)

Ekberg died Sunday at a clinic in Castelli Romani, Italy from complications of a
longtime illness.

1970 Yearbook photo

Sharon Vonne Stone

Sharon Stone became well known for her role in the 1992 thriller Basic
Instinct with Michael Douglas. Despite initial critical negativity and public 
protest, Basic Instinct became one of the most successful films financially  
of the 1990s. Before fame, Stone quit school to become a fashion model 
in New York City.

1995

 
        Hal Brett Needham (March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013)

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Hal Needham, a top Hollywood stuntman who
turned to directing rousing action films including "Smokey and the Bandit"
(1977) and "The Cannonball Run” (1981).

His business managers tell the Los Angeles Times that Needham died on
Friday in Los Angeles.

A former paratrooper, Needham was a billboard model for Viceroy Cigarettes
while beginning a career in Hollywood as a motion picture stuntman. He had 
appeared in thousands of TV episodes and hundreds of movies, performing
and designing stunts and new equipment to execute them.

Needham’s first break was as the stunt double for actor Richard Boone on
the popular CBS-TV western Have Gun, Will Travel (1957-1963).

Needham jumped from planes, was dragged by horses and wrecked cars —
breaking 56 bones in the process. He received an honorary Oscar last year.

Actress Dawn Elberta Wells is best known for her role as
Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom, Gilligan’s Island 
(1964-1967).    

The Royal Teens performing “Short Shorts”, 1958

 
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot

Bardot studied ballet for three years at the Conservatoire de Paris,
in hopes of becoming a professional. She eventually  became a
French fashion model and is now an animal rights activist.