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BIRTHDAY 71 TODAY FOR AL PACINO

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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino made his film debut in the 1969 film Me, Natalie. It was
a minor supporting role which led to a leading role in the 1971 drama The Panic
in Needle Park
. Pacino made his major breakthrough when he was given the role
of Michael Corleone In The Godfather in 1972, which earned him an Academy
Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other Oscar nominations include
Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). His
role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman (1992) won him the Academy Award for
Best Actor, his first and only Oscar to date.

 

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Al Pacino in The Godfather

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BARBRA IS 69 TODAY

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Singer Barbra Streisand is one of the most commercially and critically
successful entertainers in modern entertainment history. She is one of
the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony
Award.

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SHIRLEY MACLAINE TURNED 77 TODAY

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Shirley MacLaine (Beatty) is a film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and
author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She
has written a number of autobiographical works.  In 1983, she won the Academy
Award for Best Actress for her role in Terms of Endearment. She is the older
sister of actor Warren Beatty.

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SANDRA DEE WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1942

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Actress Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) She began
her career as a model and progressed to film. Dee won a Golden Globe
Award in 1959 as one of the year’s most promising newcomers, and over
several years her films were popular. By the late 1960s her career had
started to decline, and a highly publicized marriage to Bobby Darin ended
in divorce. She rarely acted after this time, and her final years were marred
by illness; she died as a result of renal failure.

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Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee

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CHILD STAR IS 83 TODAY

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Shirley Temple Black is a film and TV actress, singer, dancer, and
autobiographer. She was a former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and
Czechoslovakia. Shirley began her film career in 1932 at the age of
three, and in 1934, skyrocketed to superstardom in Bright Eyes, a
feature film made specifically to showcase her talents. She received
a special Academy Award in February 1935, and film hits such as
Curly Top, and Heidi followed year after year during the mid to late
1930s. Shirley appeared in a few films in her mid to late teens, and
retired completely from films in 1950 at the age of 22. She is the
recipient of many awards and honors including Kennedy Center
Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

 

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