Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996)

The French-born actress began her career in Broadway productions during the 
1920s, progressing to film and talking pictures. She had a successful film career 
with Paramount Pictures, and is recognized as one of the leading ladies of comedy 
movies. Colbert was the highest paid actress in American cinema during the late 
1930s. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her comedic performance
in It Happened One Night (1934), and also received Academy Award nominations
for her dramatic roles in Private Worlds (1935), and Since You Went Away (1944).  

Colbert retired from film in 1961 and in 1999, the American Film Institute placed her 
at number twelve on their "AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Stars" list of the "50 Greatest
American Screen Legends".

January 1937

English actress Jacqueline Bisset has been nominated for four Golden 
Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. She is known for her roles in such 
films as Casino Royale (1967), Bullitt (1968), Airport (1970), The Deep
(1977), Class (1983), and the FX-TV series Nip/Tuck (2006). Bisset is
Godmother to actress Angelina Jolie.  

   Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945)

Hershey was a confectioner, philanthropist, and founder of The Hershey
Chocolate Company in 1903 and the "company town" of Hershey, Pa. 

Bonanza is a western television series that ran on the NBC network from Saturday,
September 12, 1959 to Tuesday, January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes. It ranks as the second longest running western series, behind Gunsmoke,
and still continues to air in syndication,

 
Tommy Rettig with Lassie

Lassie (also known as Jeff’s Collie) was televised from Sunday, September 12,
1954, to Saturday, March 24,1973, It was one of the longest running dramatic
series on television, airing for seventeen seasons on CBS and first-run syndication
for its final two seasons. The show was sponsored by Campbell’s Soup Company
for the entire nineteen- year run. Stars Tommy Rettig and Jan Clayton left the
show in 1957. 
 
 

The original cast of Lassie included left to right, Gramps
(George Cleveland), Doc Weaver (Arthur Space), Ellen
Miller (Jan Clayton), and Jeff (Tommy Rettig), with Lassie
and Pokey.