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#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, Aged 86, English novelist, playwright.

Man Within (1929) Stamboul Train (1932) It's a Battlefield (1934) England Made Me (1935) A Gun for Sale (1936) Journey Without Maps (1936) Brighton Rock (1938) Lawless Roads (1939) Confidential Agent (1939)
#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, 86, English novelist, playwright.

Power and Glory (1940) Ministry of Fear (1943) Heart of Matter (1948) Third Man (1949) End of the Affair (1951) Loser Takes All (1955) The Quiet American (1955) Our Man in Havana (1958) A Burnt-Out Case (1960)
#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, 86, English novelist, playwright.

The Comedians (1966) Travels with My Aunt (1969) A Sort of Life (1971) Honorary Consul (1973) Human Factor (1978) Ways of Escape (1980) Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1980) Monsignor Quixote (1982) Tenth Man (1985)
#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, 86, English author.

Screenwriter: The Green Cockatoo (1937) Brighton Rock (1947) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Third Man (1949) Loser Takes All (1956) Saint Joan (1957) (based George Bernard Shaw play) Our Man in Havana (1959) The Comedians (1967)
#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, 86, English author.

The Fallen Idol 1948, (from The Basement Room), first of three classic films in the collaboration of director Carol Reed with writer Graham Greene. (The others, The Third Man, and, Our Man in Havana).

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"Philippe, the young son of a diplomat, idolises Baines his father’s butler. When Baines’ odious wife is murdered, Baines is implicated, so Philippe tries everything to point the investigation away from the butler. In doing so he unintentionally makes matters worse for his idol."

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#BOTD 1928 – 1998 Roddy McDowall, 70, English-US actor.

He appeared in 8 UK films from Murder in the Family (1938) to You Will Remember (1941). Born in a London suburb, his family moved to the USA in 1940, during WW2. He made his Hollywood debut in Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941)
#BOTD 1928 – 1998 Roddy McDowall, 70, English-US actor.

Just William (UK 1940) - Hollywood Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941) * This England * How Green Was My Valley * My Friend Flicka * Lassie Come Home * The White Cliffs of Dover * Keys of the Kingdom * Macbeth * Kidnapped (1948)
#BOTD 1928 – 1998 Roddy McDowall, 70, English-US actor.

Midnight Lace (1960) * The Longest Day * Cleopatra * The Greatest Story Ever Told (Judas) * Inside Daisy Clover * That Darn Cat * Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin * Planet of Apes * Night Gallery (TV) Pretty Maids All in Row
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#BOTD 1893 – 1956 Sir Alexander Korda, (b. Sándor Keller), 62, (Heart Attack), Hungarian-English filmmaker.

He began his career in Hungary, then Austrian and German silent films, before moving to Hollywood in 1926-30, briefly in WW2, but became a leading figure in British film.
#BOTD 1893 – 1956 Sir Alexander Korda, 62, Hungarian-English filmmaker.

Director: Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) Lilies of Field (1930) Private Life of Henry VIII * Rise of Catherine the Great * Rembrandt * The Lion Has Wings * That Hamilton Woman * An Ideal Husband (1947)
#BOTD 1893 – 1956 Sir Alexander Korda, 62, Hungarian-English producer.

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#BOTD 1890 – 1976 Dame Agatha Christie, (b. Miller), 85, English author, playwright.

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#BOTD 1890 – 1976 Dame Agatha Christie, 85, English author, playwright.

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#BOTD 1890 – 1976 Dame Agatha Christie, 85, English author, playwright.

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#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, (Cancer), US actress, producer.

Daughter of vaudevillians, she began on stage, age 3. As a child actress, her film debut Westward Passage (1932)

In, These Three (1936), she was OscarNom, age 14. She later starred Nancy Drew film series.
#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, US actress.

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#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, US actress.

Now, Voyager * Hitler's Children * Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble * Suspense * The Guilty * Guilty of Treason * The Lone Ranger (1956) - The Magic of Lassie (1978, producer) * The Legend of The Lone Ranger (1981 cameo, final film)
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#OTD 1996 – Gene Kelly, 83, US performer, choreographer, director. (b. 1912)

When he was 8, his mother enrolled him and his brother in dance class. "We didn't like it, were always in fights with the neighborhood boys who called us sissies. I didn't dance again until I was 15."
#OTD 1996 – Gene Kelly, 83, US performer, choreographer. (b. 1912)

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#OTD 1995 – Donald Pleasence, 75, English-French actor (b. 1919)

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#OTD 1995 – Donald Pleasence, 75, English actor (b. 1919)

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