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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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LOUISE FLETCHER IS 82 TODAY

 


Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.


Estelle Louise Fletcher was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Louise Fletcher won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Nurse
Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). She worked as a secretary
by day and took acting lessons by night.


Jack Nicholson from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

 


Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
Born in Independence, Missouri  (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)

Ginger Rogers appeared as the dance partner of Fred Astaire in a number
of classic movie musicals such as Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and
The Gay Divorcee (1934). She originally wanted to become a school teacher
but, became involved with vaudeville and Broadway acts as a dancer and
an actor before moving to Hollywood.

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ITALIAN ACTRESS IS 89 TODAY


Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida appeared in movies in Italy and America, including Hotel
Paradiso
(1966). In 2008, she was awarded the National Italian/American
Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. She made her big screen debut
in the 1946 film Lucia di Lammermoor and placed third the 1947 Miss Italia
Pageant.

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Ms Lollobrigida in the movie Soloman and Sheba
Gina Lollobrigida starred opposite Yul Brinner in Soloman and Sheba (1959).

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