Frank Capra Jr., 73, the son of the legendary Hollywood director who rose through the ranks to become a movie producer and for the past decade was president of EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, N.C., died Wednesday of prostate cancer in a hospital in Philadelphia.
In a Hollywood career that began as a second assistant director on the TV series "Dennis the Menace" and "The Rifleman," Capra became an associate producer on the films "Play It Again, Sam," "Marooned" and three "Planet of the Apes" outings. He also produced "Billy Jack Goes to Washington," "Born Again" and "An Eye for An Eye."
Jillian Kesner-Graver, 58, who played Fonzie's girlfriend Lorraine on "Happy Days" and with her late husband, director-cinematographer Gary Graver, worked to preserve the legacy of Hollywood legend Orson Welles, died Dec. 5 of a staph infection at an Irvine, Calif., hospital.
Her husband, who died last year, had worked on many movies with Welles. Most recently, Kesner-Graver had been helping piece together footage her husband shot in the 1970s for Welles' unfinished feature "The Other Side of the Wind."
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