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CULTURAL ICON BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1899

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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957)

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star
in the history of American cinema. During a film career of almost 30 years,
he appeared in 75 feature films. Bogart was nominated for several awards
including the BAFTA award for best foreign actor in 1952 for The African
Queen
and three Academy Awards.

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PATTY DUKE IS 67 TODAY

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Anna Marie "Patty" Duke

Patty became famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for 
Best Supporting
Actress
at age 16. She portrayed the role of Helen
Keller
in the 1961 Broadway play, The Miracle Worker She played
Neely O’Hara in the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls. Patty Duke was
later elected president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to
1988. In 1996, Patty Duke was ranked #40 on TV Guide’s 50
Greatest TV Stars of All Time

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CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER IS 84 TODAY

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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer

In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in
each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to movie
audiences a Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the 1965 musical
film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews

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    Plummer in The Sound of Music

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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ACTRESS ELEANOR PARKER HAS DIED AT 91

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   Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013)

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Actress Eleanor Parker, a three-time Oscar
nominee who played the scheming baroness in "The Sound of Music,"
has died at age 91.

Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to
complications from pneumonia.

Gale told The Associated Press the actress "passed away peacefully,
surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm
Springs."

The red-haired actress had best-actress Oscar nominations in 1951
and 1952 for her roles as a prison inmate in "Caged" and as Kirk
Douglas’ frustrated wife in "Detective Story."

Her third nomination was for the challenging role of polio-stricken opera
singer Marjorie Lawrence in "Interrupted Melody."

The 1965 "Sound of Music," in which her character loses Christopher
Plummer to Julie Andrews, was her last major film role.

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Eleanor Parker in Naked Jungle (1954)

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