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A talented singer as a child, Peary later went into radio in 1925. By 1929, he had his own radio show and got his big break in 1935 when he was cast in the Fibber McGee and Molly Show as Throckmorton Gildersleeve. In 1939, Peary was making a personal appearance in a theatre promoting the Fibber McGee and Molly Show and casually did what would be his trademark giggle. It caught on with the audience and Peary incorporated it in the Gildersleeve character. Peary eventually got his own radio show, The Great Gildersleeve, which debuted on 8-31-41 and ran for 17 years. It was one of the longest-running comedy shows in radio history, leaving the air in 1958. Peary left the Gildersleeve radio show in 1951. He went on to make numerous feature films, four of them based on the Great Gildersleeve radio show. His career in films tapered off by the '50s, but he became busy in television and records in that decade. His last film appearance was in 1964; TV appearances continued into the early '70s.- Derek Haysom was born on 23 March 1913 in South Africa. He died on 30 March 1985 in Boonsboro, Virginia, USA.
- Yaeko Nogami was born on 6 May 1885 in Usuki, Oita, Japan. She was a writer, known for A Flower Blooms (1948), Human (1962) and Rikyu (1989). She died on 30 March 1985.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Japan's "Queen of Boogie" ("Bugi no Jo" - or "Buugi no Jou") in the postwar years. She was born in Kagawa on August 25, 1914, and scored her first success in a girls' opera company before the war. After the war, when American troops filled Japan's cities and their pop culture became the rage, Kasagi began recording jazz and boogie-woogie songs with an American sound but distinct Japanese subject matter. She became an instant star, and many other singers imitated her trademark, a sort of worldless growl/roar at the end of each song.
Her best-known song outside Japan is probably "Jungle Boogie" ("Jianguru Bugi"), which she sings and Toshiro Mifune dances to in Kurosawa's Drunken Angel (1948). Bigger hits in Japan included "Tokyo Boogie" and "Shopping Boogie" ("Kaimono Bugi"), the latter of which she sang and acted to in a great short film that's easily seen on the web. She was a huge influence on the young Hibari Misora, who was originally billed as "the Baby Shizuko" before going on to become Japan's most popular singer.
Kasagi didn't do as well surviving the end of the "Bugi-Ugi" craze and in 1957 gave up singing to concentrate on acting. She died in 1985, at the age of 70, of ovarian cancer.- Nancy Haysom was born on 12 July 1932 in Jerome, Arizona, USA. She died on 30 March 1985 in Boonsboro, Virginia, USA.
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Harry Pringle was born on 25 December 1903 in Melbourne, Australia. He was a producer and director, known for Comedy Cabaret (1938), After Dinner (1938) and Cabaret (1936). He was married to Margaret E. Audus or Ingham. He died on 30 March 1985 in Southport, Queensland, Australia.- Kenneth Evans was born on 4 June 1912 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He died on 30 March 1985 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
Stefan M. Kuczynski was born on 21 September 1904 in Boguslav, Russian Empire [now Bohuslav, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]. He is known for Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960). He died on 30 March 1985 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.- Reginald Cornish was born on 21 May 1916 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Turn Round (1937). He died on 30 March 1985 in Malaga, Spain.