<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nActress Dawn Shirley Crang aka Sheree North started her movie career in the Red Skelton comedy film \u201cExcuse My Dust\u201d, released in 1951. As a supporting actress, she appeared in a number of films including the Dean Martin \/ Jerry Lewis movie \u201cLiving It Up\u201d as a jitterbug dancer, after which 20th<\/sup> Century Fox signed her to a contract in 1954.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The studio considered her as a replacement for the occasionally unreliable Marilyn Monroe, offering the actress roles in two of Monroe\u2019s films, eventually replacing her in \u201cHow To Be Very Very Popular\u201d, a comedy in which she found herself second in the cast to Betty Grable, although the publicity materials might suggest Fox thought North might be the star rather than Grable. Her solo dance routine to the song \u201cShake, Rattle and Roll\u201d was lauded at the time as one of the highlights of the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North was able to showcase her dancing skills in a couple of other Fox musicals such as \u201cThe Best Things In Life Are Free\u201d and \u201cMardi Gras\u201d, which also starred Pat Boone, but after that her contract expired, leaving North to guest star in TV shows such as \u201cThe Untouchables\u201d, \u201cGunsmoke\u201d and \u201cBen Casey\u201d. It would be another eight years before she got the chance to appear in a movie once more, finding herself further down the cast in films such as \u201cMadigan\u201d, the Elvis Presley musical \u201cThe Trouble With Girls\u201d and \u201cCharley Varrick\u201d in which she appeared opposite Walter Matthau.<\/p>\n\n\n
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In 1976 the actress was cast in the role of Serepta, a former girlfriend of gunfighter J.B. Books in John Wayne\u2019s last film \u201cThe Shootist\u201d, which also happened to be the third of four films she appeared in for director Don Siegel. North was very effective in a relatively short cameo role, attempting to persuade Books to marry her in order that she could benefit from the publication of a book on his former exploits. When the dying gunfighter makes it clear he doesn\u2019t want to be remembered \u201cfor a pack of lies\u201d, adding \u201ca man should be allowed his dignity\u201d, Serepta reveals herself not to be the woman he loved all those years before, her last words to him being \u201cI hope you rot to death\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During this period North clocked up appearances in numerous TV shows such as \u201cKojak\u201d and \u201cThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u201d, in the latter playing the girlfriend of Lou Grant in a couple of episodes. When her film career stalled once more, this time for nearly a decade, the actress found work mainly on TV right up until the late 90s, making her final appearance on the small screen in two episodes of \u201cSeinfeld\u201d. Her last big screen role was in the comedy \u201cSusan\u2019s Plan\u201d, released in 1998 and directed by John Landis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Stefanie Powers<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nActress and singer Stefania Zofya Paul aka Stefanie Powers is best remembered for her role as April Dancer in the TV show \u201cThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n
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Prior to this, she made her motion picture debut in \u201cTammy Tell Me True\u201d, released in 1961. She took on a number of supporting roles over the next couple of years before finding herself cast as John Wayne\u2019s daughter Becky in the Western \u201cMcLintock!\u201d. Stefanie gets to duet with Jerry Van Dyke and show off her singing talents as well as her horse-riding skills, honed after being raised on a ranch as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having paid her TV internship dues early in her career with appearances in \u201cBat Masterson\u201d and \u201cBonanza\u201d, the actress was cast in the aforementioned \u201cGirl from U.N.C.L.E\u201d series in 1966, the series running for just one season and 29 episodes. In the same year, back on the big screen she inherited the role of expectant mother Lucy Mallory in the remake of \u201cStagecoach\u201d, featuring alongside an all-star cast including Bing Crosby, Ann-Margret and newcomer Alex Cord as the Ringo Kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shifting back and forth between the big screen and TV Stefanie notched up guest star roles in the 1970s in \u201cMcCloud\u201d and \u201cThe Rockford Files\u201d to name just a few. Well-deserved international fame finally came her way when she was cast opposite Robert Wagner in the popular TV series \u201cHart to Hart\u201d. The couple played married detectives Jonathan and Jennifer, the show running for four years and eighty-eight episodes, with a further series and eight TV movies following on in the 1990s. During the original run of \u201cHart to Hart,\u201d the actress garnered numerous Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role in the highly popular series.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The actress’s film and TV appearances began to slowly trail off as she threw herself into animal conservation work, inspired by the actor William Holden whom she dated for a number of years until his death in 1981. Powers made her last appearance on TV in the small screen movie \u201cLove by the Book\u201d in 2015. Her most recent big screen movie to date is \u201cThe Artists Wife\u201d, released in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She maintained the singing aspect of her career throughout the years, appearing in the London West End in the musical \u201cMatador\u201d in 1991 as well as touring later on in other musical productions including \u201cThe King and I\u201d and \u201cApplause\u201d. In 2003 she released her debut album \u201cOn the Same Page\u201d in which Stefanie delivered her interpretation of American songbook classics such as \u201cThey All Laughed\u201d and \u201cTen Cents A Dance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n