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SIGOURNEY WEAVER IS 67 TODAY

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Sigourney Weaver 
(born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Manhattan, New York, New York)

Sigourney Weaver played the resourceful action hero Ellen Ripley in Alien
(1979), Aliens (1980), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). She
also played Dana  Barrett in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II
(1989) and Dr. Grace Augustine in Avatar (2009). She played her
first minor role in Woody Allen‘s 1977 comedy, Annie Hall.
 

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917

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June Allyson
(born Eleanor Geisman in The Bronx, New York)
(October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006)



June Allyson was a stage, film, and television actress, dancer,
and singer. She began her career as a dancer on Broadway
in 1938 and signed with MGM in 1943. She rose to fame the
following year in Two Girls and a Sailor
.

 

 

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JULIE ANDREWS IS 81 TODAY

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Dame Julia Elizabeth
"Julie" Andrews (Wells) 

Julie Andrews gained fame for her beloved musical roles in Mary Poppins and
The Sound of Music, and became a Dame for the performing arts for Queen
Elizabeth II
. She also became the most successful actress in the world after
appearing in Torn Curtain and Thoroughly Modern Millie in the 1960s.

Andrews was a child actress who began singing onstage with her parents in
1945 and who appeared in a stage production of Jack and the Beanstalk.

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MELISSA SUE ANDERSON IS 54 TODAY

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Anderson played Mary on the beloved show Little House on the Prairie
from 1974 to 1984 on NBC and also appeared in the 1981 film Happy
Birthday to Me.

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JEAN STAPLETON OF STAGE, TV AND FILM

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Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker and Carroll O’Connor as Archie
Bunker on the CBS TV series All in the Family in 1976.

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Jean Stapleton (Jeanne Murray) January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013)

 

Character actress Jean Stapleton is best known for having portrayed Edith
Bunker
, the long-suffering, yet devoted wife of Archie Bunker on the 1970s
CBS sitcom, All in the Family. Stapleton was a three-time recipient of the
Prime Time Emmy Award for leading actress in a comedy series, and won
two Golden Globes in the same category during the show’s run. She also
made occasional appearances on the All in the Family follow-up series,
Archie Bunker’s Place, but, tired of the role, asked to be written out of
the show during the first season. The marquee lights on Broadway were
dimmed for one minute on June 5, 2013 at 8 p.m. to honor the memory
of Stapleton.

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