Actress Elizabeth MacGraw won a Golden Globe Award
for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in Goodbye,
Columbus (1969).
She then starred in Love Story (1970), for which she was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and
won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion
Picture – Drama.
1978
Reba McEntire hits include "Whoever’s in New England”
and her cover of Bobbie Gentry’s "Fancy."
She has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Since
the 1970s she has placed over 100 singles on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the number
one spot.
An actress in films and television. McEntire starred in the
television series Reba, which aired for six seasons. She
also owns several businesses, including a restaurant and
a clothing line.
On February 29, 1940, Gone with the Wind is honored with eight
Oscars by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences. An epic Southern romance set during the hard times
of the Civil War, the movie swept the prestigious Best Picture,
Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction, Film Editing,
and Actress categories.
However, the most momentous award that night undoubtedly
went to Hattie McDaniel for her portrayal of “Mammy,” the
housemaid and former enslaved woman.
McDaniel, who won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award,
was the first African American actress or actor ever to be honored
with an Oscar.
Born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1895, McDaniel demonstrated her
talents as a singer and actress while growing up in Denver,
Colorado.
She left school while a teenager to become a performer in several traveling minstrel groups and in 1924 became one of the first
African American women to sing on U.S. radio. In 1952 McDaniel
died of breast cancer at the age of 57.
(FOX News) – Actress Michelle Trachtenberg was found dead
in a New York City apartment today. She was 39.
Authorities found Trachtenberg after responding to a 911 call
around 8 a.m. local time. The actress was unconscious and unresponsive, according to the New York Police Department.
Trachtenberg’s death is not being investigated as suspicious
and the cause of death will be determined by the medical
examiner.
Police sources told ABC-7 that Trachtenberg had recently
undergone a liver transplant and may have been experiencing complications.
The actress starred as Dawn Summers on "Buffy the Vampire
Slayer" for three years. The series ran from 1997-2003 on WB.
(TNND) — The U.S. Postal Service will be celebrating and
honoring beloved actress Betty White with a new forever
stamp bearing her likeness.
USPS said in a news release the stamp will commemorate
her "warmth, wit and charisma."
A forever stamp means it never expires and is equal to the
price of 1-ounce First-Class mail.
The actress was best known for roles in “The Golden Girls,
" “The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and “Boston Legal."
She died less than three weeks before her 100th birthday in
late December 2021.
The Postal Service announced it will host a special event on
March 27 to unveil the new stamp at the Los Angeles Zoo
and Botanical Gardens.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) began selling
Forever stamps on April 12, 2007. The first Forever
stamp featured the Liberty Bell.
