British born actress Emma Thompson won the Academy Award for Best Actress
for her role as Margaret Schlegel in the 1992 film Howards End. She also won
an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for her script for the 1995 film
Sense and Sensibility, which she also starred in. Her other film credits include
Actually (2003) and Stranger than Fiction (2006). In 2004, she portrayed
Professor Sybill Trelawney (below) in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban.
Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff)
Retired singer and actress Doris Day made romantic comedies with Rock
Hudson. One of her first hit songs was "Sentimental Journey," which was
released in 1945. She received an Academy Award nomination for her
performance in the 1959 film Pillow Talk.
President George W. Bush awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 2004 for her work on behalf of animal welfare.
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President Clinton Commits the United States to the Kosovo War on
this day in 1999.
Sharon Vonne Stone was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Actress Sharon Stone became famous for her seductive role in the 1992 film,
Basic Instinct. She also received a Golden Globe Award for her work in the
movie Casino (1995). She quit school to become a fashion model in New
York City.
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Catherine Anne O’Hara was born in Canada.
Actress, writer, and comedienne Catherine O’Hara became known for her roles
in Beetlejuice (1988) and Home Alone (1990).
She was an understudy for Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live and was later
given an opportunity for a position on the show, but she turned it down and the
position was given to her friend Robin Duke.
O’Hara also voiced numerous characters in animated films such as Chicken
Little, Monster House, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Catherine O’Hara won the 1982 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing
for a Variety Series for SCTV Network, the Genie Award for Best Supporting
Actress for the 1999 film The Life Before This, and was nominated for an Emmy
Award for the 2010 television film Temple Grandin.
