{"id":13987,"date":"2011-05-09T07:14:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T12:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=13987"},"modified":"2011-05-09T07:14:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T12:14:01","slug":"dana-wynter-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/09\/dana-wynter-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Wynter, 79"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dana Wynter, the actress best known for her starring role in the 1956’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers<\/strong>, died Thursday, May 5, at the Ojai Valley Community Hospital’s Continuing Care Center of congestive heart failure. She was 79.<\/p>\n

Wynter starred opposite Kevin McCarthy in director Don Siegel’s classic film of a small town whose residents are slowly being replaced by duplicates grown inside giant seed pods from outer space. Many critics saw the film as a warning against the creeping influence of communism in Cold War America, though the director and many of the cast denied that was the film’s intent.<\/p>\n

Born Dagmar Wynter in Germany, her family moved to first England and later Southern Rhodesia. She started her acting career in England with small appearances in a handful of films before heading across the Atlantic to Hollywood. Her other notable film appearances include Shake Hands With the Devil<\/strong>(1959) with James Cagney, Sink the Bismarck! <\/strong>(1960) and Airport<\/strong> (1970). Her final film was 1975’s Le Sauvage<\/strong> starring Catherine Deneuve and Tony Roberts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best known for INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.<\/div>\n

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