Oscar Charles Badger II (June 26, 1890 – November 30, 1958)
Badger was a Navy officer who served in both world wars and earned
the Medal of Honor after the Battle of Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914. He
was born in Washington, D.C., his father Charles J. Badger (below)
was also an admiral.
Charles J. Badger
Carly Elisabeth Simon
Simon’s 1988 hit "Let the River Run" was the first song in history to win a
Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song
both written and performed by a single artist. She was inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
for "You’re So Vain" in 2004, and awarded the ASCAP Founders Award
in 2012.
Helen Elizabeth Hunt
Hunt began working as a child actress in the 1970s. Her early
roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter‘s daughter
on The Mary Tyler Moore Show on CBS (1970-1977). She also
starred in the NBC sitcom, Mad About You, for seven years
before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film, As Good
as It Gets for which she won the Academy Award for Best
Actress. She made her directorial debut in 2007 with Then
She Found Me.
1996
Richard Earl Thomas
Thomas is best known for his leading role as John-Boy Walton in the
CBS drama The Waltons (1972-1981). During his career, Thomas
won an Emmy Award, and received nominations for another Emmy
Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
Gene Wilder in a scene from Bonnie and Clyde
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman)
Wilder is a retired stage and screen actor, comedian, director, screenwriter,
author and activist. He began his career on stage, and made his screen
debut in the TV-series Armstrong Circle Theatre in 1962. Although his first
film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and
Clyde, Wilder’s first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The
Producers for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor. He is also well-known for his performance as Willy
Wonka in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 1971.
1974
Gene Wilder singing “Pure Imagination” from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
