Archive for August, 2011

MAUREEN O’ HARA IS 91 TODAY

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MAUREEN O'HARA at Temple Bar to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Film Institute
Dublin, Ireland - 26.09.04
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Maureen O’Hara is an Irish film actress and singer. The famous red-headed
O’Hara has been noted for playing passionate heroines. She often worked
with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne.

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Maureen O’Hara with young Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street

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SONG RELEASED ON THIS DAY ON 1966

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”Last Train to Clarksville” topped the Billboard Hot 100 on
November 5, 1966.

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Peter Tork, Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees today

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FESS PARKER (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010)

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Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. was a film and television actor best known for his portrayals
of Davy Crockett in ABC/Walt Disney mini-series (1955-1956) and as NBC-TV’s
Daniel Boone (1964-1970). Parker was also known as a wine maker and a resort
owner-operator.

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ELVIS PRESLEY’S LAST NUMBER ONE SINGLE

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“Suspicious Minds” was Elvis Presley’s seventeenth and last number-
one single. Rolling Stone later ranked the song at #91 on its list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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ACTRESS JULIE NEWMAR TURNED 78 TODAY

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Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer ) is a actress, dancer and
singer. Her most remembered role is Catwoman in the the ABC-TV series
Batman
(1966 to 1968). Her first major film role, billed as "Julie Newmeyer",
was as "Dorcas", one of the brides in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(1954).  

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Julie as Catwoman

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