Betty (Marion Ludden) White 
(January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021)

White was an actress and comedian, a pioneer of early
television with a career spanning almost seven decades.

NEW YORK (AP — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage
actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat
wearing waitress on the CBS – TV sitcom "Alice," has died.

Her representative, Bill Veloric, said Lavin died in Los
Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently
discovered lung cancer.

Photo shows Linda Lavin (as waitress Alice Hyatt) and Vic Tayback (as Mel Sharples, owner of the diner) from "Alice."

The film The Graduate opened at two theaters in New York:
the Coronet on Third Avenue and the Lincoln Art Theater
on Broadway.

Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman starred in the film that
received seven nominations at the 40th Academy Awards,
including for Best Picture and Best Director, the latter being
the film’s sole win.

The movie is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most
influential films of all time.
(From Wikipedia)

    
    
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On November 29, 1981, the actress Natalie Wood, who starred in
such movies as Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story,
drowned in a boating accident near California’s Catalina Island.

Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role
at age eight in Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

Wood’s film credits also include West Side Story (1961), winner
of 10 Oscars, in which she played the lead role of Maria.