Celebrity Tailor Sy Devore (October 31, 1907 - July 11, 1966) was born Seymour Devorestsky in Brooklyn, New York. He was married to Erika Peters. Their birth daughter Marti, along with her uncle Al, continued the store until 2007. Their adopted daughter Lisa is not involved with the business.
Sy Devore is probably best remembered today for his stylish suiting of the Las Vegas "Rat Pack."
From SyDevore.com: "Sy Devore, a Russian immigrant tailor’s son, opened his first shop in the early 1930s in the theater district of New York, catering to show business clientele. He moonlighted as road manager for the Andrews Sisters. It was his jazz band clientele and friends, the Dorsey Brothers and Count Basie, who touted Hollywood as the place where Sy should be. In 1944 Sy opened a store at Sunset and Vine. His younger brother, Al, joined him the next year. Sy was a designer who quickly became known as “tailor to the stars.” In 1946 the Devore brothers opened Slapsy Maxie’s, a nightclub on Beverly Blvd. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed opening night to a sold out fabulous Hollywood crowd that included Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan, Sam Goldwyn, and Darryl Zanuck.
"Early customers included Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, George Burns and Sidney Poitier. Bob Hope quipped, 'In a very good year I have my choice between a Rolls Royce, a new house in Beverly Hills or a suit from Sy Devore.' Hollywood was booming and the store was in the center it all --ABC was next door, NBC across the street, the Brown Derby up the street and Musso and Frank’s around the corner.
"Sy Devore made his biggest impact with the trendsetting Rat Pack. It was Sy who designed their skinny sharkskin suits and narrow ties. Sy partied with the Rat Pack and soon opened stores at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas and in Palm Springs. Sy Devore worked with costume designers from major motion picture studios, creating wardrobe for hundreds of films including Oceans 11, The Nutty Professor, Anything Goes and Viva Las Vegas.
"In 1962 Sy Devore opened in Sherman Oaks Fashion Square. It immediately became the place to shop in the San Fernando Valley. With its famous Hollywood legacy the Sherman Oaks store drew from all of the studios, with costume designers from television shows including Days of our Lives, L.A. Law, Twin Peaks, Dallas and The West Wing.
"After Sy Devore’s passing in 1966, Al Devore’s daughter, Marti, began working at the Hollywood store while studying at UCLA. After Al’s passing in 1974, Marti took the helm, assisted by Lenny Freedman, who started working at Sy Devore in the 1950’s. Danny Marsh joined in 1988 and became a partner in 1995. In 2000, the store moved to its current location in Studio City. In 2007, Marti sold the store to Danny, knowing he would successfully continue the Devore tradition."
Linda Cristal (Spanish: [kɾisˈtal]; born Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges, February 23, 1931 – June 27, 2020) was an Argentine actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1958 comedy film The Perfect Furlough.
Cristal semi-retired in 1964 to raise her two children. She was coaxed out of retirement when she became the last cast member to be added as a regular on the NBC series The High Chaparral (1967-1971). Her performance in the series, as Victoria Cannon, earned her two more Golden Globe nominations (winning Best Actress - Television Drama in 1968) and two Emmy Award nominations.
Linda Cristal (Spanish: [kɾisˈtal]; born Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges,[1] 23 February 1931 – 27 June 2020)[2][3][4][5] was an Argentine actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1958 comedy film The Perfect Furlough.
From 1967 to 1971, Cristal starred as Victoria Cannon in the NBC series The High Chaparral.[6] For her performance she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970, and received two Emmy Award nominations.
Early years Rumored to be the daughter of a French father and an Italian mother (however, documents indicate they were Spanish: Antonio Moya and Rosario P.[5]), Cristal was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Her father was a publisher who moved the family to Montevideo, Uruguay due to political issues. She was educated at the Conservatorio Franklin in Uruguay.[1]
Career
Cristal appeared in films in Argentina and Mexico before taking on her first English-language role as Margarita in the 1956 Western film Comanche.[1] Following her Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in The Perfect Furlough (1958), Cristal went on to roles in Cry Tough (1959), Legions of the Nile (1959), The Pharaohs' Woman (1960), and was asked by John Wayne to play the part of Flaca in his epic The Alamo (1960). In 1961 she had a key role in the western Two Rode Together.
Along with these and other film roles, Cristal appeared in episodes of network television series. She played a kidnapped Countess opposite Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood in a 1959 episode of Rawhide. She also had a role as a female matador in NBC's The Tab Hunter Show.
She also appeared in a 1964 episode, "City Beneath the Sea," on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and numerous other television episodes.
Cristal semi-retired in 1964 to raise her two children. She was coaxed out of retirement when she became the last cast member to be added as a regular on the NBC series The High Chaparral (1967-1971). Her performance in the series, as Victoria Cannon, earned her two more Golden Globe nominations (winning Best Actress - Television Drama in 1968) and two Emmy Award nominations.[7][8]
Cristal worked sparingly after The High Chaparral, with a few television and film roles, such as the film Mr. Majestyk (1974) and the television miniseries Condominium (1980). She last appeared in the starring role of Victoria "Rossé" Wilson on the Argentine television series Rossé (1985).[9]
Personal Life Cristal's 1950 marriage was annulled after five days. On 24 April 1958, in Pomona, California, she married Robert Champion, a businessman. They divorced on 9 December 1959. In 1960, she married Yale Wexler, a former actor who worked in real estate. They divorced in December 1966.[1]
Cristal died at her home in Beverly Hills, California on 27 June 2020; the death was announced by her son, Jordan.[2]
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1952Cuando levanta la nieblaamiga de SilviaUncredited 1953Fruto de tentaciónJuliaUncredited 1953El lunar de la familiaRosita 1953La bestia magnifica (Lucha libre)Uncredited 1953Genio y figuraRosita 1954Con el diablo en el cuerpoEmilia 1955El 7 leguasBlanca 1955La venganza del diabloUncredited
1961Two Rode TogetherElena de la Madriaga 1963Slave Girls of ShebaOlivia 1968Panic in the CityDr. Paula Stevens 1974Mr. MajestykNancy Chavez 1977Love and the Midnight Auto SupplyAnnie Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1959RawhideLouiseEpisode: "Incident of a Burst of Evil" 1961The Tab Hunter ShowGitanaEpisode: "Holiday in Spain" 1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaMelina GounarisEpisode: "City Beneath the Sea"
1967-1971The High ChaparralVictoria Cannon96 episodes 1971Cade's CountyCelsa DobbsEpisode: "A Gun for Billy" 1974Police StoryEstrellaEpisode: "Across The Line" 1974El choferJuliatelenovela 1975The Dead Don't DieVera LaValleTV movie 1980CondominiumCarlotta Churchbridge2 episodes 1981The Love BoatEvita MonteverdeEpisode: "The Duel" 1985RosséVictoria "Rossé" WilsonArgentina, lead character
References 1. Aaker, Everett (2017). Television Western Players, 1960Ð1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 112–113. ISBN 9781476662503. Retrieved 20 January 2019. 2. Grimes, William (28 June 2020). "Linda Cristal, Who Starred in 'High Chaparral,' Dies at 89". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 June 2020. 3. California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976 4. Lamparski, Richard (1989). Whatever became of-- ?. Crown Publishers. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-517-57150-7. 5. Passenger list: "In 1947 she was 16 years old". 6. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. 7. "Linda Cristal". Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019. 8. "Linda Cristal". Emmy Awards. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019. 9. Reichardt, Nancy M. (9 October 1988). "LINDA CRISTAL NOT THE `RETIRING` TYPE". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
Harry L. Lewis (April 1, 1920 – June 9, 2013) was a supporting actor in films and was the founder, along with his wife Marilyn, of the "Hamburger Hamlet" restaurant chain.
Biography Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California, on April 1, 1920.[1] His first film role was as a flagman in Dive Bomber (1941). He was immediately put under contract to Warner Bros., at which he made several films. He appeared in the cast of Winged Victory (1944).
Harry L. Lewis is perhaps best remembered for his role as Edward "Toots" Bass, one of Edward G. Robinson's henchmen, in 1948's Key Largo.
Other small film roles included appearances as Claude Rains's butler in The Unsuspected (1947), Sheriff Clyde Boston in Gun Crazy (1949), the head of a gang of criminals in Blonde Dynamite (1950), and as a gangster in "The Monkey Mystery" episode of Adventures of Superman on television (1951).[3]
He also had a minor role as a slave in Cecil B. Demille's epic The Ten Commandments.
In 1950, Lewis and his then girlfriend Marilyn Friedman,[4] invested $3,500 to open the Hamburger Hamlet restaurant at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Hilldale Avenue on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. The restaurant was successful and grew into a chain of 24 locations. The couple's two children, David and Adam, joined them in the restaurant business. The Lewises took Hamburger Hamlet public in 1969, and sold the company for $29.2 million in 1987. After the sale, the couple opened new independent restaurants in the Los Angeles area. The reason they gave for the name "Hamburger Hamlet" was because they meant for the eatery to be a restaurant where actors could hang out, and that it was every actor's dream to play Hamlet.
In the late 1960s, Marilyn Lewis launched a ready-to-wear line of clothing under the brand name Cardinali, which was sold at prestigious stores including Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman and Bullock's Wilshire. The clothing line lasted just nine years, but was influential in its time (featured in Vogue magazine), and was a favorite of Nancy Reagan, Dyan Cannon, and Marlo Thomas. The Cardinali line was credited for influencing designers such as Marc Jacobs and various gowns worn to the Oscars.[5]
Lewis died on June 9, 2013 at the age of 93.[6] His widow Marilyn died on May 3, 2017.[7]
They are buried together at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes 1941Dive BomberFlag ManUncredited 1941International SquadronPilotUncredited 1941One Foot in HeavenYoung Soldier in HospitalUncredited 1941They Died with Their Boots OnYouthUncredited 1941The Body DisappearsElevator OperatorUncredited 1941You're in the Army NowRecruitUncredited 1942Captains of the CloudsMr. Burton - RCAF ApplicantUncredited 1942Always in My HeartSteve 1942Secret EnemiesRadio OperatorUncredited 1942Busses RoarDanny 1942Desperate JourneyEvansUncredited 1943The Hard WaySerious Young ManUncredited 1943Air ForceMinor RoleUncredited 1944The Last RideHarry Bronson 1944Winged VictoryCadet Peter Clark 1946Her Kind of ManCandy 1947The UnsuspectedMax 1947Always TogetherReporterUncredited 1948Winter MeetingJuvenileUncredited 1948WallflowerArthurUncredited 1948Key LargoEdward 'Toots' Bass 1948Adventures of Don JuanInnkeeper's SonUncredited 1948The Decision of Christopher BlakeJuvenile in PlayUncredited 1948WhiplashPress ManUncredited 1949Joe Palooka in the CounterpunchChick Bennett 1949Bomba on Panther IslandRobert Maitland 1950Gun CrazyDeputy Clyde Boston 1950Blonde DynamiteChamp Fallon 1950My Friend Irma Goes WestTrooperUncredited 1950Southside 1-1000FBI AgentUncredited 1951The Fat ManHappy Stevens 1953Run for the HillsMr. Carewe 1953Vice SquadArresting DetectiveUncredited 1956The Harder They FallNew York Ring AnnouncerUncredited 1956The Ten CommandmentsSlaveUncredited 1956Accused of MurderBartenderUncredited 1956The Man Is ArmedCole 1959I MobsterGangsterUncredited 1969PendulumBrooks Elliot 1978Invisible StranglerStage Manager
References 1. "California births at Family Tree Legends". Family Tree Legends. Retrieved 2010-08-16. 2. Crowther, Bosley (July 17, 1948). "Key Largo: Movie Review". New York Times. 3. Harry Lewis on IMDb 4. Lynch, Rene (June 10, 2013). "Harry Lewis dies at 93; launched Hamburger Hamlet chain". Los Angeles Times. 5. Apodaca, Rose (March 18, 2007). "The Cardinali Touch". The Los Angeles Times. 6. Lynch, Rene (June 10, 2013). "Actor and Hamburger Hamlet founder Harry Lewis dies at 93". The Los Angeles Times. 7. Seitz, John L. (May 5, 2017). "Marilyn Lewis Of Hamburger Hamlet, Cardinali Fame Died Wednesday" (PDF). The Beverly Hills Courier.
