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AL PACINO IS 74 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino

Actor and director Al Pacino has won the Academy Award
for Best Actor for his role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film,
Scent of a Woman. He also starred in Dog Day Afternoon
(1975), Scarface (1983). Pacino played mobster Michael
Corleone in The Godfather trilogy beginning in 1972, still
considered one of the greatest performances of all time.

Before fame, Al Pacino developed a love for acting at an
early age and participated in the majority of his school’s
productions. As a teenager, he went by the nickname
Sunny and dreamed of becoming a pro baseball player. 

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CHARLES GRODIN IS 79 TODAY

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Charles Gordin in a scene from “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968)

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Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in the NBC-TV
series “The Virginian” (1962-1971). He won the American Comedy Award
for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Murray
Blum in the 1993 comedy-drama “Dave”.

 


1992

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BEST PICTURE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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The romantic comedy “Annie Hall” was directed by Woody Allen who described
the film as a major turning point for seriousness in his movies. It received good
critical acclaim along with winning the Academy Award for Best Picture and three
other Oscars, two for Allen, Best Director/Best Original Screenplay, and for Keaton
for Best Actress. The movie also won four BAFTA awards and a Golden Globe, the
latter being awarded to Keaton.

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HAYLEY MILLS IS 67 TODAY

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Hayley Mills
(Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills)

Mills began her acting career at 12 years old, winning the BAFTA Award
for Most Promising Newcomer
for Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile
Award
for Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the
Year – Actress
in 1961.

During her early career, she appeared in several films for Walt Disney,
and is best known for her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in Disney 
film The Parent Trap (1961).

The English born actress is the daughter of actor Sir John Mills and Mary
Hayley Bell
.

 

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918

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William Holden (William Franklin Beedle, Jr.)

(April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981)

Holden was considered one of the finest actors of his time, and
starred in Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Bridge on the River
Kwai (1957), and The Wild Bunch (1969).

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 for his role in
Stalag 17 and earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding 
Lead Actor for the 1973 film, The Blue Knight.  

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