Actress Michelle Pfeiffer She made her screen debut in 1980, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Scarface (1983). Her prominent
films include Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Batman
Returns (1992), and The Age of Innocence (1993). Michelle Pfeiffer has won
numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress-Motion Picture Drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) which
also resulted in a nomination for an Academy Award. She received a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE PFEIFFER ~ 53 TODAY
ANN-MARGRET IS 70 YEARS YOUNG TODAY
The actress, singer-dancer Ann-Margret became famous for her starring
roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963),Viva Las Vegas (1964), and The Cincinnati
Kid (1965). Her later career includes character roles in Grumpy Old Men
(1993), and Any Given Sunday (1999). She has won five Golden Globe
Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards,
a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. On August 21, 2010,
she won her first Emmy Award for a guest appearance on the NBC program
Law & Order: SVU.
JACK KLUGMAN ~ 89 YEARS OLD TODAY
Jack Klugman, stage, film,and TV actor is known for his role as Oscar
Madison in the ABC-TV series The Odd Couple (1970-1975). He also
played the starring role in Quincy, M.E. on NBC (1976-1983). One of his
early film appearances was in 12 Angry Men in 1957. He is the last surviving
actor who played a juror (#5) in that movie. Klugman also appeared in four
episodes of the acclaimed television series The Twilight Zone. Jack won two
Emmy Awards for The Odd Couple.
POPULAR SINGER OF THE 1970s HAS DIED
(born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1952 – April 26, 2011)
(AP) Phoebe Snow, a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter whose "Poetry Man"
was a defining hit of the 1970s but who then largely dropped out of the spotlight
to care for her disabled daughter, has died. According to her longtime friend and
public relations representative, Rick Miramontez, Snow died Tuesday morning
in Edison, N.J., from complications of a brain hemorrhage suffered in January
2010. She was nominated for best new artist at the 1975 Grammys. Snow was
58 years old.
TV NEWS PIONEER ~ BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1908
A 20 year old Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was a broadcast journalist
who first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World
War ll, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and also in
Canada. Many of his fellow journalists considered Murrow to be one of journalism’s
greatest figures, noting his honesty and integrity in delivering the news. Murrow
produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator
Joseph McCarthy.
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