Actress Julia Fiona Roberts was born in Smyrna,
Georgia. She’s 57 years young today.

1990                               2000

The famous picture of Marilyn Monroe, laughing as her skirt
is blown up by the blast from a subway vent, was shot on
September 15, 1954 during the filming of The Seven Year
Itch.

LOS ANGELES (TND) — Legendary actress, Kathy Bates, revealed
she just wants her life back.

Bates revealed her retirement plan during an interview with The
New York Times about her upcoming project.

The Oscar winner is ready to quit acting after filming "Matlock,"
which she called her "last dance."

The 76-year-old actress will play the role of Madeline Matlock in
the reboot that’s scheduled to debut September 22 on CBS.

Bates shared she was ready to leave the spotlight after an
unnamed movie shoot left her sobbing on a sofa.

"It becomes my life, Bates told The New York Times. "Sometimes
I get jealous of having this talent. Because I can’t hold it back, and
I just want my life."

In the 1990s Bates won a "best actress" Academy Award for her
role in the horror thriller “Misery.”

Kathy Bates as Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (1875 – 1961)
who was governor of Texas from 1925 to 1927.
 

On August 10, 1939, The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland
and featuring words and music by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg and
Harold Arlen, received its world premiere in Green Bay,
Wisconsin. It would open widely in U.S. theaters some two
weeks later.

The Wizard of Oz was a critical success and was nominated
for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning
Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow" and Best Original
Score.

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Orpheum Theatre

Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)

On August 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead
in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her
bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were littered around the room.