George Leslie Gobel (May 20, 1919 – February 24, 1991)

George Gobel initially pursued an entertainment career as a country
music singer, appearing on the National Barn Dance on WLS radio,
and later on KMOX in St. Louis. Gobel enlisted in the U.S. Army Air
Forces during World War II and served as a flight instructor in AT-9 
aircraft at Altus, Oklahoma and later in B-26 Marauder bombers
at Frederick,Oklahoma. After his discharge at the end of the war,
he switched from singing to comedy and soon began a comedy
show on NBC in 1954 that ran until 1960. It won him an Emmy
in 1955. 

SANDY KOZEL

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is 60 today.

During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of  
the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. Dowling’s urged
Hanks to become an intern at the festival. That internship stretched into
a three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production,
including lighting, set design, and stage management, prompting Hanks
to drop out of college.

Forrest Gump, 1994

Apollo 13, 1995

Saving Private Ryan, 1998

Cast Away, 2000

2015

Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida appeared in movies in Italy and America, including Hotel
Paradiso (1966). In 2008, she was awarded the National Italian/American
Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. She made her big screen debut
in the 1946 film Lucia di Lammermoor and placed third the 1947 Miss Italia
Pageant.

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Gina Lollobrigida starred opposite Yul Brinner in Soloman and Sheba (1959).

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Eva Marie Saint received an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1954 classic
On the Waterfront with Marlon Brando and also starred with Jimmy
Stewart in the 1959 the Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller North by
Northwest.

SANDY KOZEL

Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) is 54 today.

Actor and producer Tom Cruise grew up in an abusive household
and had planned to become a priest before becoming interested
in acting. He became the most well-known member of the Church
of Scientology, founded by L. Ron Hubbard.

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