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KATHARIN HEPBURN (MAY 12, 1907 – JUNE 29, 2003)

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Throughout her six-decade career, Katharin Hepburn co-starred with
screen legends such as Cary Grant (Bringing Up Baby-1938), Humphrey
Bogart (African Queen-1951), John Wayne (Rooster Cogburn-1975), and
Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond-1981). Her most remembered pairing was 
with Spencer Tracy, with whom she made many films, including 1942’s
Woman of the Year
.

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Hepburn with Spencer Tracy

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John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn from Rooster Cogburn.

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FOSTER BROOKS (MAY 11, 1912 – DEC. 20, 2001)

FOSTER BROOKS YOUNG

Foster Brooks on the Dean Martin Show

Foster Brooks in Vegas

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PHIL SILVERS (MAY 11, 1911 – NOV. 1, 1985)

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Phil Silvers was a comedy actor knows as “The king of Chutzpah”. He is best
remembered for starring in The Phil Silvers Show, a CBS-TV sitcom that ran
from 1955 to 1959. The show was set on a U.S. Army post where Silvers
played Sergeant Bilko.

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1955 issue

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GARY OWENS IS 75 TODAY

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Gary Owens kfi 

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CANDICE BERGEN IS 65 TODAY

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Actress Candice Patricia Bergen is a former fashion model is best known for
starring roles in two TV series, the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988-1998),
for which she won five Emmy Awards ands two Golden Globe Awards, and the
ABC comedy-drama Boston Legal (2004-2008). She starred in several major
films throughout the mid 1960s to early 1980s such as The Sand Pebbles
(1966), and Gandhi (1982) and received an Academy Award nomination
for her role in Starting Over (1979). Bergen’s later career includes a role
in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality.

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A young Candice Bergen in 1966 with her father Edgar
Bergen and his puppet Charlie McCarthy

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Candice Bergen in The Sand Pebbles

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Candice in Gandhi

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Bergen in Starting Over

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1966 ad with Candice Bergen


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