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ANN SHERIDAN, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1915

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        Ann Sheridan (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967)
 

Actress Ann Sheridan worked regularly from 1934 until her death at age
51 from cancer, first in film and later in television. Notable roles include
Angles With Dirty Faces (1938), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942),
Kings Row (1942) and I was a Male War Bride (1949).

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Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan in Kings Row


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NINA SIMONE’S BIRTHDAY

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                    Nina Simone (Eunice Kathleen Waymon)

                          (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003)
 

Nina Simone was a singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights
activist. Simone worked worked in a broad range of musical styles that
included classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. 

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PORTLAND POSTCARD ~ 1909

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1906

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             Gale Gordon
(February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995)

Character actor Gale Gordon is probably best remembered as Lucille
Ball’s longtime TV foil and bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball’s
second TV sitcom, The Lucy Show on CBS from 1962-1968. Prior to his
television career, Gordon was a respected radio actor.

 

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Gale Gordon with co-star Lucille Ball

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Gale Gordon co-starred with Eve Arden on the CBS
television show Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956). The
show began as a CBS radio program from 1948 to
1957.

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HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY!

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