What is the birth year of the actress who made her motion picture debut in "Manfish" in 1956?
Manfish Manfish is a 1956 adventure film, released by United Artists in 1956 and originally filmed in DeLuxe Color. Filmed in Jamaica, it was released in Great Britain as "Calypso". It was based on the stories "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Actor John Bromfield starred as Captain Brannigan and Lon Chaney Jr. played the role of Swede. The leading female star was Tessa Prendergast, who played Alita. Tessa later became a fashion designer and designed the white bikini of Ursula Andress for "Dr. No". The film also featured the motion picture debut of Barbara Nichols.
Mary Eaton Mary Eaton (January 29, 1901 – October 10, 1948) was a leading American stage actress, singer, and dancer in the 1910s and 1920s. A professional performer since childhood, she enjoyed success in stage productions such as the "Ziegfeld Follies" and early sound films such as "Glorifying the American Girl" and "The Cocoanuts," but found her career in sharp decline by the mid-1930s. A battle with alcoholism led to her death in 1948 from liver failure.