HAPPY BIRTHDAY! II

[bansi4]

Continued.

 

Born this day November 25th:

 

Posthumous:

 

Lead/co-star Jeffrey Hunter (42) 1926-1969.

Handsome movie star, remembered as Jesus Christ in ?King of Kings?. Also in ?The Frogmen?, ?Red Skies of Montana?, ?Dreamboat?, ?The Searchers? good role, ?The Proud Ones?, ?A Kiss Before Dying?, ?No Down Payment?, ?The Last Hurrah?, ?Heell to Eternity? good role, ?No Man Is an Island?, ?The Longest Day?, ?Brainstorm?, etc.

Married 3 times including to Barbara Rush. Father of 4 children. Had first dibbs to star on TVs ?Star Trek? and passed it over. Died as the results from head trauma.

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Co-star/support Jessie Royce Landis (67) 1904-1972.

Essential character actress, usually a blue-blood , in ?It Happens Every Spring?, ?My Foolish Heart?, ?To Catch a Thief?, ?The Swan?, ?My Man Godfrey?, ?North by Northwest?, as Cary Grant?s mother, although they were born only 7 years apart, Disney?s ?Bon Voyage?, ?Boy?s Night Out?, Critic?s Choice?, ?Airport?, etc.

She was married 3 times. Also a stage actress.

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Co-star/support Tamara Shayne (80) 1902-1983.

Charming character actress, in ?Ninotchka?, ?Somewhere I?ll Find You?, ?Song of Russia?, ?The Jolson Story? good role as Larry Parks? mama, ?It Happened in Brooklyn?, ?The Snake Pit?, ?Jolson Sings Again?, ?The Red Danube?, ?Thieve?s Highway?, ?Black Magic?, ?Anastasia?, etc.

Was married to the grand character actor Akim Tamiroff.

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In Memory of those who died this day November 25th:

Tap-dance king Bill ?Bojangles? Robinson in 1949 at age 71, French heartthrob Gerard Philipe in 1959 at age 36, feisty character actor Clarence Kolb in 1964 at age 90, talented British actor Laurence Harvey in 1973 at age 45, capable supporting actress Rosemary Lane in 1974 at age 60, delightful character actress Moyna MacGill (Angela Lansbury?s mom) in 1975 at age 79, Oscar winning character actor Jack Albertson in 1981 at age 74, superior character actress Claudia McNeil in 1993 at age 76, comic/actor Flip Wilson in 1998 at age 64, and ?Bowery Boy? (Whitey) William ?Billy? Benedict in 1999 at age 82.

 

Mongo

[vecchiolarry]

Hi Mongo,

 

Happy Birthday to Jessie Royce Landis; but are you sure she was born in 1904?

 

She certainly was a character in real life too. She was married to a General, who ran the Pentagon or was close to running it?..

He only allowed her to make 1 movie a year after their marriage and only for about 3 weeks absence. Jessie was a good friend of Mamie Eisenhower and when she complained to Ike that ?one of your generals is holding me hostage?, and ?can?t you send him off to a tiny war somewhere?, President Eisenhower said, ?But Jessie, we need you here in Washington to keep our parties from getting dull???.

Once I escorted her to a banquet at the Yugoslavian Embassy in Rome for Madame Tito. All the food was dished up by waiters and waitresses out of large bowls and sort of slopped on our plates. When I asked her what she thought of the ?service?, she whispered, ?Well, I?ve seen worse but I didn?t think much of the hair in the mashed potatoes!!???

In 1967, Canada?s centennial year, the Governor General and his wife (the Vaniers) gave a ball at Rideau Hall in Ottawa for the diplomatic corps and my parents and their friends were invited. Jesse and her general were across the room with the Americans.

General Georges Vanier and Madame Vanier were announced and my mother?s friend asked her what Madame Vanier?s first name was; my mother drew a blank and said she didn?t know that it had ever been publicized.

Just then, as Madame Vanier was passing Jessie Royce Landis, Jessie greeted her with, ?Pauline, darling!??. My mother said, ?Well, now we know???.

 

Also, one of Jessie?s dear cohorts was Moyna MacGill, another hoot?? Interesting that she died the same day as Jessie?s birthday.

 

One of my fondest memories (and one I?ve just remembered today because of you!) was sitting in the lobby of the Dorchester Hotel in London, waiting for Pola Negri to descend from her suite and being surrounded by Jessie Royce Landis, Moyna MacGill, Betty Blythe and Moira Lister all chatting away about what a wonderful, young gentleman I was to escort Pola to the set of ?The Moonspinners? on her first day?s shooting?. I miss those old dolls!

 

Larry

[bansi4]

And right you are, Larry. Miss Landis was born in 1896 and died at age 75 in 1972. I mixed her up with Cary Grant who was born in 1904, when I was figuring out their slight age difference.

 

And as usual, your recollections are a joy to read, especially about the 'old dolls' of Hollywood.

[bansi4]

Birthday thread running late today. Outside putting up Christmas lights on a sunny day in Florida. Someone's gotta do it.

[gwtwbooklover]

Happy Birthday! Ricardo Montalban I hope it was a good one for you. I so admire Ricardo's work and enjoy his presence on the silver screen and TV. Imagine my surprise to learn that this man has such a wealth of films after knowing him only for The Fantasy Island series what a pleasant discovery. And I have to say Ricardo seems overlooked for the strides he made in Hollywood for ethnic actors to me he is right up there with Sidney Poitier and Desi Arnaz. Keep up the good work Mongo. BTW I'm turning the big 37 next Sunday December 3rd-3 years from 40..............................................................

[bansi4]

Born this day November 26th:

 

Co-star/support Tandy Cronyn is 61.

Reliable actress, in "All Night Long", "Once Upon a Time in America", "Twisted", "January Man", etc.

Daughter of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Also on TV including the soap "The Guiding Light".

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Co-star/support Olivia Cole is 64.

Impressive African-American actress, in "Heroes", "Coming Home" w/Jon Voight, "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Big Shots", etc.

Was married in 1970. She won an Emmy Award for her outstanding performance in the TV mini-series "Roots".

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Co-star/support Evans Evans is 70.

Reliable starlet in "All Fall Down", "Grand Prix", "Bonnie and Clyde" in which she and Gene Wilder were taken for a wild ride, "The Iceman Cometh", "Prophecy", "Dead Bang", etc.

She is the widow of director John Frankenheimer (2 children). Also appeared on TV. Last on screen in 1989.

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Co-star/support Barry Coe is 72.

Good-looking actor, remembered as Rodney Harrington in the movie "Peyton Place". Also in "Love Me Tender" w/Elvis, "The Bravados", "But Not for Me", "One Foot in Hell", "The 300 Spartans", "The Cat", "Fantastic Voyage", "The Seven Minutes", "MacArthur", "Jaws 2", etc.

Last on screen in 1978. Won a Golden Globe Award.

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Co-star/support Robert Goulet is 73.

Reliable, good-looking actor/singer, in "Honeymoon Hotel", "I'd Rather Be Rich", "I Deal in Danger", "Underground", "Atlantic City", "Beetlejuice", "The Naked Gun 21/2", "Mr. Wrong", etc.

Married 3 times including to Carol Lawrence (2 sons) a bitter divorce. He was Trapper Pierre on TVs "Howdy Doody". A star of the musical stage, he won a Tony Award.

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Co-star/support Betta St. John is 77 today.

Exotic-looking beauty, in "The Robe", "All the Brothers Were Valiant", "The Student Prince", "The Naked Dawn", "The Snorkel", "Tarzan the Magnificent", "Corridors of Blood", etc.

Widowed after 40 years (3 children). Last on screen in 1960, she lives in England.

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Posthumous

 

Co-star/support Adele Jergens (84) 1917-2002.

Brassy blonde bombshell from Brooklyn, in "Black Arrow", "A Thousand and One Nights", "Down to Earth", "The Prince of Thieves" w/Jon Hall, "Ladies of the Chorus" as Marilyn Monroe's mother, "The Fuller Brush Man", "The Dark Past" w/William Holden, "Side Street", "Edge of Doom", "Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man", "The Cobweb", etc.

Married 40 years to actor Glenn Langan (prededeceased by a son Tracy). She has a sar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Lead/co-star Frances Dee (94) 1909-2004.

Beautiful, refreshing brunette actress, in "An American Tragedy", "If I Had a Million", "The Silver Cord", "Little Women" as Meg, "Of Human Bondage", "Becky Sharp", "Souls at Sea", "If I Were King", "So Ends Our Night", "I Walked with a Zombie" (which she made to earn money to buy her mom a car), "Happy Land", "Four Faces West", "Payment on Demand", etc.

Married to Joel McCrea for 57 years (3 sons). She left the screen in 1953.

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In memory of those who died this day November 26th:

The one and only "Nosferatu" Max Schreck in 1936 at age 57, talented trombonist Tommy Dorsey in 1956 at age 51, grand character actor Billy Bevan in 1957 at age 70, special effects master Marcel Delgado in 1976 at age 75, superior British actress Rachel Roberts in 1980 at age 53, and grand British actor Robert Coote in 1982 at age 73.

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Mongo

[klondike]

Hey, Mongo!

Sorry to check-in with this one so late but I felt it was important!

A last little footnote for birthday-boy Barry Coe: he also has the bizarre distinction of a TV drama claim-to-fame: on a 1962 episode of Bonanza ("First Born"), he played the one-shot role of Clay Stafford, Little Joe's only non-Cartwright half-brother.

I swear it's true; would I lie about this?!

[Bartlett]

Robert Goulet...legend has if whenever Elvis Presley saw him on television he would take out his 45 and shoot the television and say "That's enough of that SH-T! It was rumored that he shot out at least 250+ television whenever he saw Goulet, because he hated Goulet so much. As the matter of fact his "Memphis Mafia" had at least over 100 Televisions secured in a storage room because it was a given that sooner or later Elvis was going to blow away Goulet the moment he saw him on television. It's a good thing they never met in real life, or Goulet would have been "Swiss Cheese"! LOL

[klondike]

Wow, thanks for linking that up for me, Bartlett; I'd heard of Presley's propensity for shooting-out TV's, just never knew that Broadway's "Sir Lancelot" was the catalyst!

Here's another Goulet factoid that may surprise a few folks: although RG was typically considered the quintessentially suave French Canadian, he was actually born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

(Not hard to imagine, really, as the milltowns of northern Mass doubled their populations in the early 20th century w/ Quebec migrants who worked the shoe & furniture factories.)

[bansi4]

Born this day November 27th:

 

Lead/co-star Michael Vartan is 38.

Reliable actor, in "To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar", "Sand", "The Pallbearer", "Dead Man's Curve", "Never Been Kissed", "It Had to Be You", "The Next Best Thing", "One Hour Photo" as the cheating husband, "Monster-in-Law", etc.

He was once engaged. Is a regular on TVs "Alias", and has dated his co-star Jennifer Garner. Is an avid sports fan, paints and plays guitar.

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Co-star/support William Fichtner is 50.

Tall, imposing actor, in "Reckless", "Heat", "Contact", "Armageddon", "The Perfect Storm" as Sully, "Pearl Harbor", "Black Hawk Down", "Crash", "Nine Lives", "The Longest yard", etc.

Married twice (2 children). On the TV series "Invasion" and "Prison Break".

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Co-star/support Michael Tolan is 81 today.

Virile, dark-haired actor, in "The Enforcer" w/Bogart, "The Savage" w/Heston, "Julius Caesar", "The Greatest Story Ever Told", "Hour of the Gun", "John and Mary", "All That Jazz", "Talk to Me", "Presumed Innocent", etc.

Was married to Rosemary Forsyth (1 child). Appeared on a few TV series, notably "The Nurses". Last on screen in 1990.

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Posthumous

 

Lead/co-star Bruce Lee (32) 1940-1973.

Asian marial-arts action star, in "Marlowe" w/James Garner, "The Chinese Connection", "Fists of Fury", "Enter the Dragon", "Bruce Lee and I", "Fury of the Dragon", etc.

Married (2 children including the late Brandon Lee). He played Kato on the TV series "The Green Hornet". He is considered the greatest icon of martial-arts cinema. Often had a scene in his films where in a fight, he gets wounded. Standing stunned, he tastes his own blood and then he goes berserk wiping out any opponent in his path.

Died of brain edema in Hong Kong.

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Lead/co-star Marshall Thompson (66) 1925-1992.

Appealing, boyish-looking actor, in "The Purple Heart", "The Clock", "Valley of Decision", "The Secret Heart", "The Romance of Rosy Ridge", "Homecoming", "Battleground", "Mystery Street" good film-noir, "Cult of the Cobra" good chiller, "To Hell and Back", "Good Morning Miss Dove", "Fiend Without a Face", "The Turning Point", "The Formula", etc.

Was married 44 years (1 daughter). Also a producer and director, appeared on the TV series "Angel", and "Daktari". Quoted: "I'm not a person who revels in self-glorification."

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Lead/co-star Nadia Gray (70) 1923-1994.

German beauty, remembered performing the mink-coat striptease in "La Dolce Vita". In "Valley of Eagles", "Candide", "Maniac", "Two for the Road" w/Audrey Hepburn, "The Naked Runner", "High Street", etc.

Married twice. She settled in New York and performed in cabarets. Left the screen in 1976.

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Co-star/support Florence Lake (75) 1904-1980.

Attractive comedic actress, remembered in numerous comedy shorts as the 'ditzy' wife of Edgar Kennedy. in "Romance" w/Garbo, "Quality Street", "Stagecoach", "Crash Dive", "The Stratton Story", "The Day of the Locust", etc.

Sister of Arthur Lake who played 'Dagwood'. On the TV series "Lassie".

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Co-star/support Mona Washbourne (84) 1903-1988.

Essential British character actress, in "The Winslow Boy", "Dunkirk", "Count Your Blessings", "The Brides of Dracula", "Night Must Fall" remake, "My Fair Lady", "The Collector", "O Lucky Man", "Stevie" (she won New York Film Critics Award), etc.

Married to actor David Dignam. A stage actress and Tony Award nominee.

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In memory of those who died this day November 27th:

Award winning playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1953 at age 65, Oscar nominated character actress Lotte Lenya in 1981 at age 83, superior actor John Carradine in 1988 at age 82, exceptional 'villain' Marc Lawrence in 2005 at age 95, and reliable supporting actress Jocelyn Brando in 2005 at age 86.

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Mongo

[gwtwbooklover]

> Robert Goulet...legend has if whenever Elvis Presley

> saw him on television he would take out his 45 and

> shoot the television and say "That's enough of that

> SH-T! It was rumored that he shot out at least 250+

> television whenever he saw Goulet, because he hated

> Goulet so much. As the matter of fact his "Memphis

> Mafia" had at least over 100 Televisions secured in a

> storage room because it was a given that sooner or

> later Elvis was going to blow away Goulet the moment

> he saw him on television. It's a good thing they

> never met in real life, or Goulet would have been

> "Swiss Cheese"! LOL

 

I knew about the dislike Elvis had for RG but I got so tickled with the swisscheese comment.

[bansi4]

Born this day November 28th:

 

Lead/co-star Judd Nelson is 47.

Capable, dark-haired actor, in "Fandango", "The Breakfast Club", "St. Elmo's Fire", "Blue City", "From the Hip", "New Jack City", "The Dark Backward" as a guy with 3 arms, "Airheads", "Steel', "The Lost Angel", "Lethal Eviction", etc.

Was engaged to Shannen Doherty. An original member of the so called 'Brat Pack'. On the TV series "Suddenly Susan" as Jack. Critics have not been overly kind to this misunderstood actor.

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Lead/co-star Ed Harris is 56.

Talented, versatile actor, Oscar nominated best actor for "****", and for best support in "Apollo 13", "The Truman Show" (won Golden Globe Award), and "The Hours". In "Coma", "Creepshow", "The Right Stuff", "Places in the Heart", "Sweet Dreams", "Jacknife" (Golden Globe nominee), "The Firm", "A Beautiful Mind", "Radio", "A History of Violence", "Winter Passing", etc.

Married to Amy Madigan since 1983 (1 daughter). Also a stage actor.

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Co-star/support Gloria Winters is 74 today.

Cute blonde starlet, remembered as Penny on the TV series "Sky King". In "El Paso", "The Lawless", "Gambling House", "Darling How Could You" w/Joan Fontaine, "Hold That Line" w/The Bowery Boys, "She Couldn't Say No", etc.

Widowed in 2001. Also on TVs "The Life of Riley", and numerous appearances on TV westerns.

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Also celebrating birthdays today:

Beautiful brassy blonde Anna Nicole Smith is 39.

Actor/producer/host Jon Stewart is 44.

Latino diector Alfonso Cuaron is 45.

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Posthumous:

 

Co-star/support Alexander Godunov (45) 1949-1995.

Reliable blond-haired actor, in "Anna Karenina", "Witness" good role as an Amish farmer, "The Money Pit", "Die Hard", "North", "The Zone", etc.

Divorced in 1982. A frequent companion of Jacqueline Bisset. A superior dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, who defected and joined the Ballet Theatre. After 3 years he was booted out by friend and rival Mikail Baryshnikov, which devastated him.

He was found dead in his home, resulting from acute alcohol syndrome.

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Lead/co-star Hope Lange (72) 1931-2003.

Attractive, appealing blonde actress, Oscar nominated best support for her role as Selena in "Peyton Place". Also in "Bus Stop", "The Young Lions", "In Love and War", "The Best of Everything" good role, "Wild in the Country" w/Elvis, "Pocketful of Miracles", "Love Is a Ball", "Death Wish", "Blue Velvet", etc.

Married 3 times including to actor Don Murray (1 son), and to director Alan J. Pakula. Had a fling with Glenn Ford. Was the star of the hit TV series "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (won 2 Emmy Awards).

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Lead/co-star Gloria Grahame (57) 1923-1981.

Sulky, seductive actress, won Oscar best support for "The Bad and the Beautiful", and nominated for "Crossfire". In "It's a Wonderful Life" as Violet Bick, "A Woman's Secret", "In a Lonely Place" w/Bogart, "The Greatest Show on Earth" (in a role Lucille Ball lost due to pregnancy), "Sudden Fear" good role, "The Big Heat" hot stuff, "Human Desire" hotter stuff, "Not as a Stranger", "Oklahoma" as Ado Annie, "Odds Against Tomorrow", "Melvin and Howard", etc.

Married 4 times including to actor Stanley Clements, and director Nicholas Ray. She would marry Nicholas' son after she divorced his father.

Mother of 4 children.

Quoted: "I married Nicholas Ray, the director. People yawned. Later on I married his son, and from the press's reaction - you'd have thought I was committing incest or robbing the cradle!"

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Co-star/support Lilia Skala (98) 1896-1994.

Talented character actress, Oscar nominated best support as Mother Superior in "Lilies of the Field". Also in "Call Me Madam", "Ship of Fools", "Charly" w/Cliff Robertson, "Roseland" (Golden Globe nominee), "Heartland", "Flashdance", "Testament", "House of Games", etc.

Was married with 2 children. At the time of her Oscar nomination for "Lilies of the Field," Skala was working at the Lost and Found desk of New York's Transit Authority, and was only able to attend the ceremonies when United Artists agreed to pay her fare. Within a year, Skala was supporting herself as an actress.

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Co-star/support Jose Iturbi (84) 1895-1980.

Grand Spanish-born pianist/conductor. Appeared as himself in MGM musicals, including "Two Sailors and a Girl", "Music for Millions", "Anchors Aweigh", "Three Daring Daughters", "That Midnight Kiss", etc.

He dubbed Chopin's music for Cornel Wilde's character in "A Song to Remember". It was just grand.

Had a bitter custody battle for his grandchildren, after his daughter committed suicide.

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In memory of those who died this day November 28th:

Western character actor Roy Bancroft in 1969 at age 67, essential movie star Rosalind Russell in 1976 at age 69, dependable actor Christopher George in 1983 at age 54, TV host Garry Moore in 1993 at age 78, and talented starlet Bethel Leslie in 1999 at age 70.

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Mongo

[bansi4]

Born this day November 29th:

 

Lead/co-star Don Cheadle is 42.

Impressive African-American actor, Oscar nominated best actor for his fine performance in "Hotel Rwanda". Also in "Hamburger Hill", "Colors", "Devil in a Blue Dress" good role, "Rosewood", "Boogie Nights", "Bulworth", "The Family Man", Traffic", "Ocean's Eleven", "Crash", "After the Sunset", "Ocean's Twelve", etc.

Lives with actress Brigid Coulter (2 daughters). On the TV series "Fame", and "Picket Fences". He is also an Emmy Award nominee.

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Co-star/support Tom Sizemore is 45.

Tall, talented 'tough guy' actor, in "Guilty by Suspicon", "Wyatt Earp", "Natural Born Killers", "Heat", "Saving Private Ryan" good role, "Witness Protection" good role, "Pearl Habor", "Black Hawk Down", "Welcome to America", "Dreamcatcher", "The Flyboys", etc.

Divorced. Once engaged to madam Heidi Fleiss (a bitter parting). Had drug problems and trouble with the law. Currently back on track with a numer of films in post and pre-production.

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Lead/co-star Jeff Fahey is 54.

Reliable, good-looking Irish actor, in "Silverado", "Backfire", "Psycho III", "The Serpent of Death", "White Hunter Black Heart", "Body Parts", "Wyatt Earp", "Serpents Lair", "Fallen Angels", "Split Second", "Messages", etc.

Is one of 13 children. Was on the soap "One Life to Live", and on the musical stage. Danced with the Joffrey Ballet for 3 years. On the TV series "The Marshal".

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Co-star/support Diane Ladd is 74 today.

Feisty blonde actress, Oscar nominated best support as Flo in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "Wild at Heart", and "Rambling Rose". Also in "The Reivers", "Chinatown" good role, "Embryo", "Christmas Vacation", "The Cemetery Club", "Primary Colors", "28 Days", "Charlie's War", "Come Early Morning", etc.

Married 3 times including to Bruce Dern (parents of Laura Dern). On the TV series "Alice", she won a Golden Globe Award. Once a chorus girl at New York City's Copacabana in the 1950s.

Hers and her daughter's (Laura Dern) Oscar nominations for "Rambling Rose" (1991) mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received Oscar nominations for the same movie.

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Also celebrating a birthday today:

Beautiful starlet Anna Faris is 30.

Prominent director Joel Coen is 52.

Comic actor Garry Shandling is 57.

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Posthumous:

 

Co-star/support Genevieve Tobin (95) 1899-1995.

Dependable, attractive blonde actress, in "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Seed" w/Bette Davis, "One Hour with You", "The Woman in Red" w/Stanwyck, "The Petrified Forest", "The Great Gambini", "Dramatic School", "Zaza" w/Claudette Colbert, "No Time for Comedy", etc.

Was married to director William Keighley ("Torrid Zone", The Man Who Came to Dinner", etc.) Also on Broadway. She left the screen in 1940.

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Co-star/support Ann Corio (84) 1914-1999.

Popular striptease artist, appeared in a few 'B' films including "Swamp Woman", "Jungle Siren", "Sarong Girl", "Call of the Jungle", etc. (would like to see those for the fun of it).

Married once, up until her death. She performed at Minskys Burlesk, and starred on Broadway in "This Was Burlesque". Also on TV.

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Co-star/support John Alexander (84) 1897-1982.

Reliable character actor, remembered for bellowing CHAAAARGE! as Teddy in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (also did the stage play). In "Flowing Gold", "Mr. Skeffington" as one of Davis' suitors, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" as Joan Blondell's fella, "The Horn Blows at Midnight", "The Jolson Story", "Cass Timberlane", "Winchester '73", "The Sleeping City", "The Marrying Kind", etc.

He made appearances on the TV series "Car 54, Where Are You?".

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Co-star/support Yakima Canutt (89) 1896-1986.

Hollywood's most renowned stuntman, doubled for many major stars including Gable and Wayne. Also acted in numerous westerns.

He created the action sequences for the famed chariot race in "Ben-Hur" (1959).

Was married for 55 years (his two sons are stuntmen). Received a special career Oscar in 1967.

Was named Yakima after the city in Washington.

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Director Busby Berkeley (80) 1895-1976.

One of the greatest choreographers and directors of movie musicals, including "Dames", "42nd. Street", "The Gold Diggers of 1935", "The Gold Diggers of 1937", "Comet Over Broadway", the Garland & Rooney "let's put on a show" musicals, etc.

Married 4 times. Was Oscar nominated 3 times for Best Dance Direction (now a defunct category).

In 1935, while driving intoxicated from a party, he crashed into two cars killing 3 members of one family. During a circus-like trial (on a gurney in his pajamas) with his mama at his side and studio support, he got away with the crime.

Quoted: "In an era of breadlines, depression and wars, I tried to help peope get away from all the misery...to turn their minds to something else. I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour."

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In memory of those who died this day November 29th:

Oscar winning composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold in 1957 at age 60, boxer Jimmy Braddock ('Cinderella Man') in 1974 at age 69, outrageous comic Godfrey Cambridge in 1976 at age 43, feisty character actress Judith Lowery in 1976 at age 86, lovely movie star Natalie Wood, under mysterious circumstances, in 1981 at age 43, supreme movie star Cary Grant in 1986 at age 82, durable movie actor Ralph Bellamy in 1991 at age 87, TV host Gene Rayburn in 1999 at age 81, dependable director John Berry in 1999 at age 82, capable character actor John Mitchum (Robert's brother) in 2001 at age 82, prominent director Bud Boetticher in 2001 at age 85, Beatles icon George Harrison in 2001 at age 58, and reliable actor John Drew Barrymore in 2004 at age 72.

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Mongo

[bansi4]

Born this day November 30th:

 

Lead/co-star Ben Stiller is 41.

Popular comedic actor, in "Empire of the Sun", "Reality Bites", "Along Came Polly", "The Cable Guy", "There's Something About Mary", "Meet the Parents", "Zoolander", "The Royal Tenebaums", "Starsky and Hutch", "Meet the Fockers", "School for Scoundrels", etc.

Married in 2000 (2 children). Son of Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller. Spent a season on "Saturday Night Live". Had his own TV show (short-lived). Favorite actress is Diane Keaton.

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Lead/co-star Mandy Patinkin is 54.

Impressive actor, in "French Postcards", "Ragtime" good role, "Daniel", "Yentl" (Golden Globe nominee), "Maxie" cute comedy, "The House on Carroll Street", "Alien Nation", "Dick Tracy", "True Colors", "The Doctor", "Lulu on the Bridge", etc.

Married since 1980 (2 sons). Won a Tony Award for "Evita", and a Emmy Award for TVs "Chicago Hope". Is currently on the hit TV series "Criminal Minds".

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Co-star/support Sandy Descher is 61.

Former child actress, remembered as the dazed kid walking through the desert in "Them" (about the giant ants). In "It Grows on Trees", "The Bad and the Beautiful", "Her Twelve Men" w/Greer Garson, "The Last Time I Saw Paris", "The Prodigal", "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit", "The Opposite Sex", "The Space Children", etc.

Performed on stage and TV. Last on screen in 1958.

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Co-star/support Hope Holiday is 68.

Brassy blonde actress, ended up with Jack Lemmon on Christmas Eve in "The Apartment". Also in "Ladies Man", "Irma la Douce", "The Rounders", "How to Seduce a Woman", "The Last Reunion", "Texas Lightning", etc.

Married to actor Frank Marth since 1967. Last on screen in 1984.

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Producer/director Ridley Scott is 69.

Prominent British filmmaker, Oscar nominated best director for "Thelma and Louise", "Gladiator", and "Black Hawk Down". Also helmed "The Dullists", "Alien" good stuff, "Blade Runner", "Legend", "Black Rain", "White Squall" good movie, "Hannibal", "Matchstick Men", etc.

Married twice (3 children). Brother of director Tony Scott. Known for his stunning visuals.

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Co-star/support Jack Ging is 75.

Reliable, virile actor, in "Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow", "Desire in the Dust", "Sniper's Ridge", "Hang 'Em High", "Play Misty for Me" good thriller, "SSSSSSS" good chiller, "High Plains Drifter", "Where the Red Fern Grows", etc.

Married 3 times (4 children). On numerous TV series including "Mannix", and "The A-Team". Served in the U.S. Marines.

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Lead/co-star Robert Guillaume is 79.

Dependable, smooth actor, in "Super Fly T.N.T.", "Seems Like Old Times", "Prince Jack", "Lean on Me", "Meteor Man", "The Lion King" voice of Rafiki, "Spy Hard", "Big Fish", "Jack Satin", etc.

Married twice (3 children of which a son died of AIDS). Won an Emmy Award for his role on TVs "Benson". Also won a Tony Award for his stage work.

Suffered a mild stroke, of which he has recovered.

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Lead/co-star Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is 88 today.

Reliable actor, in "House of Strangers" good drama, "Band of Angels", "Too Much, Too Soon", "Home Before Dark" (Golden Globe nominee), "By Love Possessed" w/Lana, "Harlow", "Wait Until Dark" (Golden Globe nominee), "Airport 1975", etc.

Married twice (3 children including Stephanie Zimbalist). A stage, and TV star of "77 Sunset Strip" (Emmy Award nominee), and "The F.B.I".

Is now silver-haired and retired.

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Posthumous

 

Lead/co-star Virginia Mayo (84) 1920-2005.

Beautiful, shapely blonde movie star, in "The Princess and the Pirate", "Wonder Man" w/ frequent co-star Danny Kaye, "The Best Years of Our Lives" good role, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "A Song Is Born", "Flaxy Martin" w/Zachary Scott, "The Girl from Jones Beach", "White Heat" exceptional role, "Red Light" w/Raft, "She's Working Her Way Through College", "The Flame and the Arrow", "Along the Great Divide", "The Silver Chalice", "The Proud Ones", "Jet Over the Atlantic", etc.

Widow of actor Michael O'Shea (1 daughter). Was slightly cross-eyed and had to be carefully photographed. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Lead/co-star Richard Crenna (76) 1926-2003.

Talented, solid actor, in "The Sand Pebbles", "Wait Until Dark", "Star!" w/Julie Andrews, "Midas Run", "Marooned", "Doctor's Wives", "Breakheart Pass", "Body Heat", "First Blood", "The Flamingo Kid" (Golden Globe nominee), "Sabrina", "Jade", etc.

Was married 42 years at the time of his death (3 children). On the TV series "Our Miss Brooks", "The Real McCoys" (Emmy Award nominee), "Slattery's People", and "Judging Amy". Won an Emmy Award for his fine performance in the TV movie "The Rape of Richard Beck".

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In memory of those who died this day November 30th:

Poet/playwright Oscar Wilde in 1900 at age 46, cowboy star Buck Jones (from burns in a fire) in 1942 at age 52, Oscar nominated director Ernst Lubitsch in 1947 at age 55, British playwright Terence Rattigan in 1977 at age 66, comic Zeppo Marx in 1979 at age 78, Oscar winning editor Verna Fields ('Jaws') in 1982 at age 64, essential character actor Lionel Stander in 1994 at age 86, outrageous falsetto singer/actor Tiny Tim in 1996 at age 64, and lovely actress Jean Parker in 2005 at age 90.

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Mongo

[JackBurley]

Thanks Mr. Mongo. It seems Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. has been doing voice over work in the past few years. He did a Batman cartoon and was the voice of "Alfred Pennyworth" in the animated series Justice League in 2004. Good for him!

 

It's also worth noting that Mr. Zimbalist was the son of the accomplished violinist/conductor.

[jdb1]

> Thanks Mr. Mongo. It seems Efrem Zimbalist,

> Jr. has been doing voice over work in the past

> few years. He did a Batman cartoon and was

> the voice of "Alfred Pennyworth" in the animated

> series Justice League in 2004. Good for him!

>

> It's also worth noting that Mr. Zimbalist was the son

> of the accomplished violinist/conductor.

 

I've been a fan of Efrem Zimbalist from his "77 Sunset Strip" days. I pass his childhood home every day on the way home from work. It's on East 49th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. It's a brick house on a block of brownstones. The house has now been broken up into individual apartments, but there is still evidence of its past if you know where to look. Over the front door is a weathered stone carving of a violin, a tribute to Zimbalist Sr.'s career as a concert musician. Efrem Jr.'s mother was the opera singer, Alma Gluck. I hope he is well and thriving.

 

By the way, this house is across the street from Katharine Hepburn's brownstone, which has been recently renovated a bit, but still looks to be unoccupied. Last I heard, the asking price for that house was $6 million.

[bansi4]

Thanks Jack, for the additional info.

 

jdb1, that is interesting about the childhood home of Mr. Zimbalist, especially across the street from Katharine Hepburn. At least his house wasn't demolished.

[lzcutter]

Mongo,

 

Thank you for remembering the wonderful Mother Cutter (no relation, alas), Verna Fields.

 

Without her, Jaws would just be a film about a big fish.

[bansi4]

Born this day December 1st:

 

Lead/co-star Treat Williams is 55.

Rugged, talented actor, in "The Ritz" hilarious movie, "Hair" (Golden Globe nominee), "1941", "Prince of the City" exceptional role, "Once Upon a Time in America" good saga, "Flashpoint", "Dead Heat", "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead", "Mulholland Falls", "Venonmous", etc.

Married since 1982 (2 children). On the acclaimed TV series "Everwood". Was a professional pilot. Dated Dana Delaney.

The nickname "Treat" comes from one of his maternal ancestors, Robert Treat Payne, whose signature appears on the Declaration of Independence.

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Lead/co-star Bette Midler is 61.

Brassy, dynamic superstar, Oscar nominated best actress for "The Rose", and "For the Boys" (won Golden Globe Award). Also in "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (Golden Globe nominee), "Ruthless People", "Outrageous Fortune", "Big Business", "Beaches" popular film, "Stella", "Hocus Pocus", "Get Shorty", "The First Wives Club", "The Stepford Wives", etc.

Married since 1984 (1 daughter Sophie). The 'Divine Miss M' was born in Hawaii, and worked in a pineapple plant. Performed her cabaret act at the famed gay men's club, The Continental Baths, in the 70s with Barry Manilow as her accompanist. Is grateful to Johnny Carson for her road to stardom.

Has won many awards including Emmy's, Grammy's (many hit records) and Golden Globes. Was a success on the road in her most recent show 'Kiss My Brass'.

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Lead/co-star Woody Allen is 71.

Essential comedic actor/director, Oscar nominated best actor for "Annie Hall", also won best director award. Oscar nominated best director for "Hannah and Her Sisters", "Crimes and Misdemeanors", "Interiors", and "Bullets Over Broadway". Also in "Bananas", "Play It Again Sam", "Sleeper", "Love and Death", "The Front", "Manhattan", "Stardust Memories", "Radio Days" voice, "Mighty Aphrodite", "Small Time Crooks", etc.

Is married to his former stepdaughter. Was wed to Louise Lasser. Was companion to Mia Farrow (a nasty split), and to Diane Keaton. He is also a prominent producer and writer (won numerous awards).

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Co-star/support Allyn Ann McLerie is 80.

Appealing, talented actress, in "The Desert Song", "Calamity Jane" as Katie Brown, "Phantom of the Rue Morgue", "Battle Cry", "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" good role, "The Reivers", "Monte Walsh", "The Cowboys", "Jeremiah Johnson" good role, "The Way We Were", "Cinderella Liberty", "All the President's Men", etc.

Married since 1953 to actor George Gaynes. Divorced from Adolph Green. Has appeared on TV, and numerous times on Broadway. Is now retired.

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Co-star/support Paul Picerni is 84 today.

Reliable, dark-haired actor with a flashy smile, in "Breakthrough" good war drama, "Operation Pacific", "Force of Arms", "The Tanks Are Coming", "House of Wax", "The Desert Song", "To Hell and Back", "Miracle in the Rain", "The Come On", "The Brothers Rico", "Marjorie Morningstar", "Strangers When We Meet", "Che!", "Airport", "Kotch", etc.

Married since 1947 with 8 children. Was on the TV series "The Untouchables" w/Robert Stack. Is till active in films, and appearing at Nostalgia events with his full head of white hair.

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Posthumous

 

Lead/co-star Richard Pryor (65) 1940-2005.

Unique comedy star, in "Lady Sings the Blues", "Uptown Saturday Night", "Car Wash", "Silver Streak", "The Wiz", "California Suite", "Stir Crazy", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "The Toy", "Brewsters Millions", "Bustin' Loose", "See No Evil, Hear No Evil", "Harlem Nights", "Lost Highway", etc.

Married 7 times (twice to 2 ex-wives). An exceptional stand-up comic, he won 5 Grammy Awards. Also a Emmy Award nominee. Served in the U.S. Army.

Came close to death while free-basing cocaine, which caused a fire and serious burns. Suffered from MS since 1986. Quoted: "I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst. In other words, I had a life"

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Co-star/support Dick Shawn (63) 1923-1987.

Funny, 'wacky' comedy actor, in "Wake Me When It's Over", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "What Did You Do in the War Daddy?", "Way...Way Out", "Penelope", "The Producers", "The Happy Ending", "Love at First Bite", "Goodbye Cruel World", "Maid to Order", etc.

Was married with 4 children. Also on TV. A one-of-a-kind nightclub comedian, he died of a heart attack while performing on stage.

Quoted: "I think of my relationship with any audience as a love affair. It lasts only a little while but I always look forward to a happy ending. For both of us."

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Lead/co-star Mary Martin (76) 1913-1990.

Talented, vibrant actress/singer, in "The Great Victor Herbert", "Love Thy Neighbor", "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", "New York Town", "Birth of the Blues", "Happy Go Lucky", "True to Life", etc.

Married twice (2 children including Larry Hagman). Costume designer Edith Head disliked working with her. She dubbed the singing for Margaret Sullavan in "The Shopworn Angel". A brilliant Tony Award winning Broadway star. Won an Emmy Award for her role as "Peter Pan".

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Co-star/support Etta McDaniel (55) 1890-1946.

Dependable character actress, in "The Invisible Ray" w/Karloff, "The Prisoner of Shark Island" good drama, "The Green Pastures", "Magnificent Brute" w/Victor McLaglan, "Stella Dallas", "That Certain Woman" w/Bette Davis, "The Great Man's Lady" w/Stanwyck, "Mokey", "Son of Dracula" good horror, "Incendiary Blonde" w/Betty Hutton, etc.

Sister of Hattie McDaniel and Sam McDaniel.

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In memory of those who died this day December 1st:

'B' actor/director Hugo Haas in 1968 at age 67, radio/TV host Nick Kenny in 1975 at age 80, supporting actor David Jensen committed suicide in 1998 at age 50, child actress Marilyn Harris (Maria in "Frankenstein") in 1999 at age 75.

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Mongo

[jdb1]

mongo, I saw Dick Shawn perform live once, so long ago that I don't remember where, but I do remember that he was really funny. He did all sorts of humor in his act, including very sophisticated political humor. I though he was a very talented actor/comedian who never really got the exposure he should have gotten in films. I think he was one of those performers who are very hard to characterize, and he was wasted in many B movies. His performance in "The Producers" wasn't far off from the kind of thing he did in his act. (I also thought he was very good looking.)

[bansi4]

idb1, I agree with you that Dick Shawn was a funny performer. I recall watching him on TV years ago and always found him to be versatile comic (a head of his time).

[bansi4]

Born this day December 2nd:

 

Co-star/support Lucy Liu is 38.

Lovely, Asian-American actress from Queens, in "Jerry Maquire", "Payback" w/Mel Gibson, "True Crime" w/Eastwood, "Shanghai Noon", "Charlie's Angels", "Chicago", "3 Needles", "Kill Bill: Vol 1", "Domino", etc.

Has dated writer Zach Helm. A regular on the TV series "Ally McBeal". In pre-production for 2007, she will play the granddaughter of "Charlie Chan".

Was the first Asian-American female to host "Saturday Night Live".

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Co-star/support Steven Bauer is 50.

Dependable Latino actor, in "Scarface" (Golden Globe nominee), "Thief of Hearts", "Raising Cain", "Wild Side" a wild movie, "Traffic", "Plato's Run", "Forever Lulu", "The Nowhere Man", "The Lost City", etc.

Married 3 times including to Melanie Griffith (1 son). Appeared on the TV series "Wise Guy". Has dabbled in drugs.

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Co-star/support Dennis Christopher is 51.

Slim, blond-haired actor, made an impression as the bicyclist, pretending to be Italian, in "Breaking Away" (Golden Globe nominee). Also in Fellini's "Roma", "A Wedding", "Fade to Black" good chiller, "Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder", "Chariots of Fire", "Jake Speed", "It's My Party", "Nine Lives", etc.

A single guy, he has guested on numerous TV programs, including HBOs "Deadwood". Also performed on the stage.

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Lead/co-star Julie Harris is 81 today.

Gifted actress, Oscar nominated best actress for "The Member of the Wdding". In "East of Eden", "I Am a Camera", "Requiem for a Heavyweight", "The Haunting", "Reflections in a Golden Eye", "Voyage of the Damned", "The War Back Home", "The Dark Half", "The First of May", etc.

Married 3 times (1 son). A grand stage actress she won 5 Tony Awards. Also won 3 Emmy Awards for her TV work. She had a stroke in 2001, and has rallied.

Elia Kazan, in his autobiography "A Life," said that he was grateful to have Harris on the set of "East of Eden" (1955) because she had a calming influence on James Dean. Kazan praised Harris as both an actress and as a human being.

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Posthumous

 

Co-star/support Leo Gordon (78) 1922-2000.

Big, burly, tough-guy actor, in "Hondo", "Riot in Cell Block 11" good role, "The Bamboo Prison", "Soldier of Fortune", "The Conqueror", "Johnny Concho", "Baby Face Nelson" w/Mickey Rooney, "The Cry Baby Killer", "McLintock!", "Kings of the Sun", "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre", "The Haunted Palace", "Big Top Pee-wee", etc.

Married 50 years (1 daughter).

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Co-star/support Ray Walston (86) 1914-2001.

Essential character actor, in "South Pacific", "Damn Yankees!", "Tall Story", "The Apartment", "Wives and Lovers", "Paint Your Wagon", "The Sting", "Popeye", "Of Mice and Men", "House Arrest", etc.

Was married 57 years (1 daughter). A prominent stage actor, he won a Tony Award for "Damn Yankees!". On the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and "Picket Fences" for which he won 2 Emmy Awards. Quoted: "I have 30 seconds to tell you I have been waiting 60 years to get on this stage." -- his 1995 Emmy acceptance speech.

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Co-star/support Donald Woods (91) 1906-1998.

Pleasant, handsome actor, in "A Tale of Two Cities", "Anthony Adverse", "The Gay Sisters" w/Stanwyck, "Watch on the Rhine" as Bette Davis' brother, "Night and Day", "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", "Never Say Goodbye" w/Errol Flynn, "13 Ghosts", "Moment to Moment" good suspense, "True Grit", etc.

A stage actor, he also appeared on TV. He played the spiritual stranger in the popular Christmas short "Star in the Night" which airs on TCM. Some sources list his birth year at 1904.

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Lead/co-star Warren William (53) 1894-1948.

Trim, striking actor, a leading man of pre-codes. In "Expensive Women", "Under Eighteen", "Beauty and the Boss", "The Match King", "Gold Diggers of 1933", "Skyscraper Souls", "Three on a Match", "Goodbye Again", "Lady for a Day", "Cleopatra" w/Colbert, "Imitation of Life", "The Secret Bride", "Don't Bet on Blondes", "Satan Met a Lady", "Madame X", "Day-Time Wife", "The Wolf Man", "Fear", etc.

Married 25 years when he died of cancer of the bone marrow. Also starred in the 'Perry Mason', and 'Lone Wolf' series of films. Appeared in many Broadway plays. Served in the U.S. Army during WWI.

He planned to be a journalist before the acting bug bit him. Speaking of him, five-time Warners co-star Joan Blondell said that William "was an old man even when he was a young man."

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In memory of those who died this day December 2nd:

Impressive actor from India Sabu in 1963 at age 39, superior comic actor Marty Feldman in 1982 at age 49 (I miss him), bubbly French actress Fifi D'Orsay in 1983 at age 79, multi-talented Cuban actor/singer Desi Arnaz in 1986 at age 69, Oscar winning composer Aaron Copland ('The Heiress') in 1990 at age 90, breezy handsome actor Robert Cummings in 1990 at age 82, reliable supporting actress Roxie Roker in 1995 at age 66, and Emmy winning actress Gail Fisher ('Mannix') in 2000 at age 65.

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Mongo

[bansi4]

Born this day December 3rd:

 

Lead/co-star Brendan Fraser is 38.

Impressive, versatile actor, in "Dogfight", "Encino Man", "School Ties" good role, "Twenty Bucks", "Airheads", "Mrs. Winterbourne", "George of the Jungle" a hoot, "Still Breathing", "Gods and Monsters" good role, "The Mummy" big hit, "Dudley Do-Right", "The Quiet American", "Crash", "Journey to the End of the Night", etc.

Married since 1988 (3 children). His wife shares his birthday. Also on stage. Is an aspiring photographer.

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Lead/co-star Daryl Hannah is 46.

Lithe, blonde actress, in "Hard Country", "Blade Runner", "Splash" good role, "The Clan of the Cave Bear", "Roxanne", "Legal Eagles" w/Redford, "Steel Magnolias", "Crazy People", "Attack of the 50 ft. Woman", "Grumpy Old Men", "Kill Bill: Vol 1", "Kill Bill: Vol 2", "Keeping Up with the Steins", etc.

Has yet to marry. Kept company with John Kennedy Jr. for 2 years. Dated Jackson Brown.

A story on TVs "America's Most Wanted" shows that she goes undercover to help rescue children as young as 6 years old from the brothels in Bangkok.

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Lead/co-star Julianne Moore is 46.

Beautiful, talented redhead, Oscar nominated best actress for "The End of the Affair", "Far from Heaven", and for best support in "Boogie Nights", and "The Hours". Also in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", "Benny and Joon", "The Fugitive", "Short Cuts", "Nine Months", "Psycho" remake, "Cookie's Fortune", "An Ideal Husband" (Golden Globe nominee), "Magnolia", "Hannibal", "Laws of Attraction", "The Forgotten", "Freedomland", etc.

Married 3 times (2 children). She has appeared on TV soaps.

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Co-star/support Heather Menzies is 57.

Reliable actress, remembered as Louisa in "The Sound of Music". Also in "Hawaii", "Hail, Hero!", "SSSSSSS" good chiller, "Piranha", "Endangered Species", etc.

Widow of actor Robert Urich (3 adopted children). Also on TV. Appeared in Playboy magazine. Met late husband Robert Urich when they appeared together in a Libby's Corned Beef Hash commercial.

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Co-star/support Mary Alice is 65.

Exceptional actress, in "Beat Street", "Teachers", "To Sleep with Anger", "Awakenings", "Malcolm X", "A Perfect World", "The Inkwell", "Down in the Delta", "The Matrix Revolution" as the Oracle, etc.

She won an Emmy Award for her role on the TV series "I'll Fly Away". A stage actress she also won a Tony Award.

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Award winning French director Jean-Luc Godard is 76 today.

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Birthday wishes go out to boardmember GWTWbooklover today.

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Posthumous

 

Co-star/support Mickey Simpson (71) 1913-1985.

Big, brawny actor, remembered as the bigoted Sarge, who had a grand fist fight with Rock Hudson at the diner in "Giant", to the tune of 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' on the jukebox. Also in "My Darling Clementine" (made 8 films with John Ford), "Fort Apache", "They Live by Night", "Ten Tall Men", "Salome", "Rose Marie", "The Long Gray Line", etc.

Appeared in over 100 films. Also numerous times on TV, notably in westerns.

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Lead/co-star Anna Sten (84) 1908-1993.

Beautiful European actress, brought to Hollywood by producer Samuel Goldwyn in hopes of creating another Dietrich...which eventually didn't pan out.

The critics weren't very kind to her in such films as "Nana", "We Live Again" w/Fredric March, "The Wedding Night", "A Woman Alone", "The Man I Married", "So Ends Our Night", etc.

Married over 60 years, she became a successful painter. She retired in luxury in Beverly Hills (a happy ending, at last).

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In memory of those who died this day December 3rd:

Superior character actress Maria Ouspenskaya (badly burned) in 1949 at age 73, reliable character actress Ruth White in 1969 at age 55, dependable character actress Mary Nash in 1976 at age 92, divine comedy actress Madeline Kahn in 1999 at age 57, reliable actor John Archer in 1999 at age 84, lovely actress Ellen Drew in 2003 at age 88, and dependable British actor David Hemmings in 2003 at age 62.

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Mongo

[vallo13]

>Birthday wishes go out to boardmember GWTWbooklover today.

 

 

Have a Happy and Healthy Birthday!

 

 

vallo

[vecchiolarry]

Hi,

 

A very Happy Birthday to GWTWbooklover....

 

I'm sure Scarlett & Rhett & Aunt Pittypat will gladly help blow out your candles.....

 

Larry