The pianist, conductor, and composer is considered one of the most
versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy
Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings.
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ANDRE PREVIN IS 82 TODAY
GREGORY PECK WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1916
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was one of 20th Century Fox’s
most popular stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. One of his best known roles
roles was that of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird, which
won him an Academy Award. In 1999, the American Film Institute named
Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at #12.
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. TURNED 46 TODAY
Actor Robert John Downey, Jr. made his screen debut in 1970, at the age
of five when he appeared in his father’s film Pound. In 1992 Downey was
cast as Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin, for which he received an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor. In 2007, Downey was cast as the Iron Man. The
film was a huge success; the opening weekend for Iron Man is still in the top
20 openings of all time. In 2008, Downey portrayed an Australian method
actor playing an African-American soldier in Tropic Thunder. He received
his second Oscar nomination for the film, in the category of Best Supporting
Actor. In 2009, Downey starred as the lead character in Sherlock Holmes. He
won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-
Musical or Comedy for his role as the famous detective.
DORIS DAY BECAME 89 TODAY
Doris Day was a actress and singer, and is now an animal rights activist since
her retirement from show business in 1987. Her entertainment career began
in the 1940s as a big band singer. In 1945 she had her first hit recording,
"Sentimental Journey". In 1948, she appeared in her first film, Romance on the
High Seas. During her entertainment career, she appeared in 39 films, recorded
more than 650 songs, received an Academy Award nomination, won a Golden
Globe and a Grammy Award, and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award
for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
ALI MACGRAW IS 73 TODAY
Actress Ali MacGraw is best known for her role in the 1970 romantic
drama Love Story, for which she won a Golden Globe and received
an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She gained notice
in Goodbye, Columbus (1969).
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