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MICHAEL LEARNED IS 72 TODAY

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Actress Michael Learned is best known for playing Olivia Walton on The  
Waltons ( CBS-TV from 1972 to 1981).She was billed as "Miss Michael
Learned" because she was relatively unknown at the time, and producers
did not want viewers confused about her gender. She was nominated for
six Emmy Awards and won three for her role on the show. She was also
nominated for four Golden Globe Awards.

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KATEE SACKHOFF IS 31 TODAY

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Actress Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon
and grew up in St. Helens. She graduated from Sunset High School in
Beaverton in 1998. Katee is mainly known for playing Captain Kara
“Starbuck” Thrace on the Sci Fi channel’s television program Battlestar
Galactica
. In 2004 she was nominated for a Saturn Award in the "Best
Supporting Actress in a Television Series" category for her work in the
Battlestar Galactica miniseries. In May 2006, she won the Saturn Award
for the same role. She starred in the eighth season of 24 on FOX as
Dana Walsh. In the fall of 2010, Sackhoff joined the cast of CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation
as Detective Reed.

 

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JOHN WAYNE RECEIVED HIS OSCAR ON THIS DATE IN 1970

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John Wayne is pictured with presenter Barbra Streisand at the 42nd Annual
Academy Awards. He received his first and only Academy Award for Best 
Actor in a Leading Role for the film True Grit. He had been in over 200  
movies.

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John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn

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RUSSELL CROW IS 47 TODAY

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Russell Crowe  is a New Zealand-born Australian actor and musician. His acting
career began in the late 1980s with roles in Australian television. In the late
1990s, Crowe transferred his acting ambitions to the United States with his
breakout role in L.A. Confidential (1997). Crowe won the Academy Award for
Best Actor for Gladiator in 2001 and has received three Academy Award
nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role:The Insider (1999) Gladiator
(2000), and Beautiful Mind (2001).

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Russell Crow in Gladiator

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MARILU HENNER IS 59 TODAY

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Marilu Henner, actress, producer, and a New York Times best-selling
author, is most known for her role as Elaine O’Connor Nardo on the
television sitcom Taxi from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to
1983 on NBC. The series, which won 18 Emmy Awards, including
three for "Outstanding Comedy Series”.

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