Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre)
(June 19, 1921 – February 14, 2015)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Louis Jourdan, the Frenchman who starred
in "Gigi," ”Can-Can," ”Three Coins in the Fountain" and other
American movies, has died.
Jourdan’s biographer, Olivier Minne, said the actor died Saturday
at his home in Beverly Hills, likely of natural causes. Jourdan had
succeeded Charles Boyer as Hollywood’s favorite French lover.
The biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley
starred Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, and Bing Russell. The movie
aired less than 18 months on ABC after the singer’s shocking death
at the age of 42 and propelled former Disney lead actor Kurt Russell
to adult stardom.
1950’s
James Francis "Jimmy" Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980)
Durante was a vaudeville comedian, pianist, and actor who was one of
America’s most popular personalities from the 1920s through the 1970s,
well known for his big nose and his composition of the song "Inka Dinka
Doo." He left school in the eight grade to become a ragtime pianist and
joined the Original New Orleans Jazz Band, which later became known
as Jimmy Durante’s Jazz Band. He later became a vaudeville star and
radio personality as a part of the trio, Clayton, Jackson and Durante.
Tim Maguire
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
James Dean became the first actor to have received multiple
posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film
Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star on their
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars list.
