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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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ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1905


Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993)
She was born in
New York City, New York.

Popular actress Myrna Loy starred as Nora Charles in the 1934 
film The Thin Man. Although Loy was never nominated for a 
competitive Academy Award, in March 1991 she was presented
with an Honorary Academy Award inscribed, "In recognition of her 
extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation
for a lifetime’s worth of indelible performances."

 

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TV ACTRESS LYNDA CARTER IS 65 TODAY


Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman.


Lynda Carter (Linda Jean Córdova Carter) was born in Phoenix, AZ. 

Linda Carter played Wonder Woman, TV’s first female superhero, from 1975
to 1979 (ABC/CBS). She entered a local beauty contest and soon became Miss
World USA in 1972. Lynda tried out for the role of Captain Kathryn Janeway on 
the UPN-TV series Star Trek: Voyager.

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