Biography
Due to the Louisville mathematics rock and roll picture that also spawned Slint and Rodan, Crain’s decrease, post-hardcore grind bore some resemblance to famous brands Helmet as well as the Jesus Lizard. Nevertheless, their elaborate compositions and period signature shifts had been firmly something from the Louisville picture, and even affected a number of the regional bands that ultimately rose to higher prominence. Crain was created in 1989 following the separation of the neighborhood music group Cerebellum, with a short lineup that presented vocalist Drew Daniel, guitarist Tim Furnish, bassist Jon Make, and drummer Can Chatham. After documenting a track that finished up on the divided 7″ with Deathwatch, Daniel remaining for university, and would later on go on to create one-half from the experimental techno clothing Matmos. Make took over business lead vocals for a short while, after that Kristen Shelor approved through the rates until guitarist/vocalist Joey Mudd — another ex-Cerebellum member — became the frontman in early 1990. Mudd sang on another track within the Crain/Deathwatch divided, that was released on Slamdek that 12 months; he also performed within the four-song EP Rocket, released within the band’s personal Auto Wreckords label in 1991. This lineup documented the very first Crain LP, that was released on Auto Wreckords in 1992; entitled Speed, it had been made by the famous Steve Albini. Mudd departed following its conclusion, and Cook required his i’m all over this business lead vocals; he also turned to acoustic guitar, and a fresh rhythm portion of bassist Jason Hayden and drummer John Causey arrived up to speed. Causey trapped around long plenty of to lead “Coalmine #666” to a straightforward Machines collection known as Working Vacation!, but quickly departed. When Crain came into the studio room with Albini to record its second recording, Jon Cook redoubled up on acoustic guitar and drums; he also moonlighted briefly because the preliminary drummer for renowned mathematics rockers Rodan. Crain’s sophomore recording, Heater, was found by Restless Information for national launch in 1994. Full-time drummer Tony Bailey became a member of soon after, so when bassist Hayden consequently remaining, he was changed by Todd Make. In 1995, the group added the Heater monitor “Hey Cops!” towards the soundtrack from the cult indie rock and roll film Fifty percent Cocked. In addition they began focus on a new recording, nonetheless it was by no means finished; Crain disbanded by the end of 1996. Furnish created Parlour with Bailey, while Todd Make went on to try out with prominent Louisville indie rings just like the For Carnation, Retsin, Four Fifty Six, as well as the Shipping and delivery News.
Quick Facts
Died December 14, 2003, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Height 1.63 m
Profession Actor
Nationality American
Music Songs Song for Sienna, At the Ivy Gate, Butterfly Waltz Solo Piano, A Walk in the Forest, Dream of Flying, Song for Rome, Time Forgotten, Dream of Dreams, Tears In the Fountain, Lavender Hills, Moonrise, Moonlit Shore, Field of Daisies, Leaves on the Water, Crimson Sky, Perfect Rainbow, A Simple Life, A Love Story, Hallelujah, Song of the Heart, Two Spirits Soar, Softness and Light, A Glimmer in Her Eyes, The Secret Letter, Solitary Hill, Northern Sky, The Edge of a Petal, Andante Affettuoso, Season of Joy, Adagio Con Amore, Finding Home, Midsummer Night
Albums Piano and Light, Piano and Violin Duet, Piano Opus, Piano and Cello Duet With Yujeong Lee, A Summer in Italy, Sienna, Inside the Melody, A Traditional Christmas, A Light in the Trees, Spring Symphonies, A Simple Life, A Change of Season, Northern Sky, Morning Light, Life Is…, Brian Crain and the BC String Ensemble, Deep Focus Piano Study Playlist
Movies State Fair, Leave Her to Heaven, A Letter to Three Wives, People Will Talk, Margie, Belles on Their Toes, Apartment for Peggy, Man Without a Star, Cheaper by the Dozen, In the Meantime, Darling, Centennial Summer, The Fastest Gun Alive, Take Care of My Little Girl, Home in Indiana, The Joker Is Wild, Dangerous Crossing, Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, The Model and the Marriage Broker, Hot Rods to Hell, Guns of the Timberland, Skyjacked, You Were Meant for Me, Vicki, The Fan, O. Henry's Full House, The Tattered Dress, Duel in the Jungle, Winged Victory, City of Bad Men, Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile, The Second Greatest Sex, Twenty Plus Two, The Night God Screamed, Madison Avenue, Pontius Pilate, Daggers of Blood
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Was pregnant with her second child (son Michael) during the filming of A Letter to Three Wives (1949). |
2 |
Loved to ice skate. |
3 |
Spent much of October 1960 involved in the Republican campaign to defeat John F. Kennedy for US President, along with such notables as Walt Disney, James Stewart, Randolph Scott, Jerry Lewis, Ward Bond, George Murphy, Clifton Webb, Troy Donahue, Donna Reed, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum and Wendell Corey. |
4 |
Her youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997. |
5 |
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 108-109. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. |
6 |
In Italy most of her films were dubbed by either Dhia Cristiani or Rosetta Calavetta. She was occasionally dubbed by Renata Marini, most notably in A Letter to Three Wives (1949); and once by Lidia Simoneschi in The Joker Is Wild (1957). |
7 |
Died ten years to the day after her Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) co-star Myrna Loy. |
8 |
In the book "More About All About Eve", Joseph L. Mankiewicz states in an interview that the studio wanted her for the part of Eve Harrington, but he refused to cast her, saying she was a pretty and hard-working young woman, but not much of an actress. |
9 |
Played a character named Deborah in two Joseph L. Mankiewicz films: A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and People Will Talk (1951). Mankiewicz, who did not particularly care for Crain, once remarked, "I don't like the name Deborah, and I don't like Jeanne Crain." |
10 |
Crain, who starred in the original Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), passed away just 12 days before the release of the remake of the that film, Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), starring Steve Martin. |
11 |
In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. |
12 |
Two of her children, Michael and Christopher, died before she did. |
13 |
By the time she left Fox studios in 1956, she was making $3,500 a week (equivalent to $30,000 a week in 2014). |
14 |
Won the "Miss Camera Girl of 1942" title in Long Beach, Florida, and given a contract by Fox. |
15 |
On the eve of their 11th anniversary, the couple reconciled, but the marriage remained rocky for some time (30 December 1956). |
16 |
On Aug. 6, 1956, she obtained an interlocutory divorce decree, each spouse claiming the other has been unfaithful. She also claimed Brooks had been abusive. |
17 |
Children with Paul Brooks: Paul Brinkman (b. 6 April 1947), Michael (b. 21 January 1949), Timothy (b. 2 August 1950), Jeanine (b. 5 March 1952), Lisabette (b. 21 November 1958), Maria (b. 10 January 1961), Christopher (b. 5 May 1965). |
18 |
Long-time husband Paul Brooks was an RKO contract player at one time, briefly appearing in Those Endearing Young Charms (1945). His real name was Paul Brinkmnan, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman. |
19 |
Devoutly Catholic mother of 7.seven. |
20 |
Although frequently cast in musicals, she herself was not a singer. Louanne Hogan was specifically under contract so that she could dub the singing in all her musicals. |
Actress
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Skyjacked |
1972 |
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Mrs. Clara Shaw |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law |
1972 |
TV Series |
Lily MacMurdy |
The Night God Screamed |
1971 |
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Fanny Pierce |
The Name of the Game |
1968 |
TV Series |
Mrs. McKendricks |
The Danny Thomas Hour |
1968 |
TV Series |
Frances Merrill |
Hot Rods to Hell |
1967 |
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Peg Phillips |
Burke's Law |
1964-1965 |
TV Series |
Lorraine Turner / Polly Martin / Amy Booth |
The Dick Powell Theatre |
1963 |
TV Series |
Elsie |
Insight |
1963 |
TV Series |
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The Christophers |
1963 |
TV Series |
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His Model Wife |
1962 |
TV Movie |
Jeanne Lauren |
The Comedy Spot |
1962 |
TV Series |
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Invasion 1700 |
1962 |
|
Helen |
The United States Steel Hour |
1960-1962 |
TV Series |
Jill Gardner |
General Electric Theater |
1960-1962 |
TV Series |
Marion Miller / Hope |
Pontius Pilate |
1962 |
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Claudia Procula |
Nefertite, regina del Nilo |
1961 |
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Nefertiti |
Twenty Plus Two |
1961 |
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Linda Foster |
Madison Avenue |
1961 |
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Peggy Shannon |
Guns of the Timberland |
1960 |
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Laura Riley |
Riverboat |
1959 |
TV Series |
Laura Sutton |
Goodyear Theatre |
1959 |
TV Series |
Lila Babrek |
Meet Me in St. Louis |
1959 |
TV Movie |
Rose Smith |
Schlitz Playhouse |
1958 |
TV Series |
Ruth Elliot |
Playhouse 90 |
1958 |
TV Series |
Daisy Buchanan |
The Joker Is Wild |
1957 |
|
Letty Page |
The Tattered Dress |
1957 |
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Diane Blane |
The Fastest Gun Alive |
1956 |
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Dora Temple |
The Ford Television Theatre |
1956 |
TV Series |
Joyce Randall |
Star Stage |
1955 |
TV Series |
Nancy |
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes |
1955 |
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Connie Jones / Mitzi Jones |
The Second Greatest Sex |
1955 |
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Liza McClure |
Man Without a Star |
1955 |
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Reed Bowman |
Duel in the Jungle |
1954 |
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Marian Taylor |
Dangerous Crossing |
1953 |
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Ruth Stanton Bowman |
City of Bad Men |
1953 |
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Linda Culligan |
Vicki |
1953 |
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Jill Lynn |
O. Henry's Full House |
1952 |
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Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi") |
Belles on Their Toes |
1952 |
|
Ann Gilbreth |
The Model and the Marriage Broker |
1951 |
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Kitty Bennett |
People Will Talk |
1951 |
|
Deborah Higgins |
Take Care of My Little Girl |
1951 |
|
Liz Erickson |
Cheaper by the Dozen |
1950 |
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Ann Gilbreth |
Pinky |
1949 |
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Patricia 'Pinky' Johnson |
The Fan |
1949 |
|
Lady Margaret 'Meg' Windermere |
A Letter to Three Wives |
1949 |
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Deborah Bishop |
Apartment for Peggy |
1948 |
|
Peggy Taylor |
You Were Meant for Me |
1948 |
|
Peggy Mayhew |
Margie |
1946 |
|
Marjorie 'Margie' MacDuff |
Centennial Summer |
1946 |
|
Julia Rogers |
Leave Her to Heaven |
1945 |
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Ruth Berent |
State Fair |
1945 |
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Margy Frake |
Winged Victory |
1944 |
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Helen |
In the Meantime, Darling |
1944 |
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Margaret 'Maggie' Preston |
Home in Indiana |
1944 |
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'Char' Bruce |
The Gang's All Here |
1943 |
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Chorus Girl / Pool Party Guest (uncredited) |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Gentlemen Marry Brunettes |
1955 |
performer: "My Funny Valentine", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "I Wanna Be Loved by You", "Daddy", "Ain't Misbehavin'" |
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The Second Greatest Sex |
1955 |
performer: "LYSISTRATA" |
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Belles on Their Toes |
1952 |
performer: "Lazy", "Love's Old Sweet Song Just a Song at Twilight", "Beans, Beans, Beans", "Doin' the Raccoon", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose" |
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Apartment for Peggy |
1948 |
performer: "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" - uncredited |
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Margie |
1946 |
performer: "I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS", "APRIL SHOWERS" |
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Centennial Summer |
1946 |
performer: "The Right Romance", "Up with the Lark", "All Through the Day", "In Love in Vain" - uncredited |
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State Fair |
1945 |
"THAT'S FOR ME" / performer: "IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING", "IT'S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING" |
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Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Merv Griffin Show |
1973 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Virginia Graham Show |
1971 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Irv Kupcinet Show |
1970 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Movie Game |
1969 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
You Don't Say |
1964 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Stump the Stars |
1963 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest Panelist |
Celebrity Talent Scouts |
1960 |
TV Series |
Herself |
I've Got a Secret |
1959 |
TV Series |
Herself |
What's My Line? |
1954-1959 |
TV Series |
Herself - Mystery Guest |
You Bet Your Life |
1957 |
TV Series |
Herself - 1958 DeSoto Ad / Herself - 1957 DeSoto Ad |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall |
1956 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Bob Hope Show |
1955 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
1955 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Dateline: Disneyland |
1955 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself |
I'll Get By |
1950 |
|
Herself (uncredited) |
The All-Star Bond Rally |
1945 |
Short |
Herself (Pinup Girl) |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan |
1985 |
TV Special |
Herself |
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny |
1982 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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1950 |
Oscar |
Academy Awards, USA |
Best Actress in a Leading Role |
Pinky (1949) |
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I loved being at the studio [20th Century-Fox]. After all, I started at 15, and I grew up there. But there comes a time when an actress stays too long in the same place. People get used to having you around, and they can't think of you in a different light. |
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