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SIGOURNEY WEAVER IS 62 TODAY

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Sigourney-Weaver today

Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver ) is a actress best
known for her role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films. Other films with
Weaver include Ghostbusters (1984) and its sequel Ghostbusters ll
(1989) Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988), and
Working Girl (1988). Her most  recent work was in James Cameron’s
Avatar (2009). Weaver has received three Academy Award nominations
and six Golden Globe Award nominations, two in 1988 (Best Actress
and Best Supporting Actress) for Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl.

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Aliens

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Sigourney Weaver with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd from
Ghostbusters

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QUIZ SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1950

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The quiz show You Bet Your Life made the transition from radio, where
it began October 1947, to NBC television on Thursday October 5, 1950
and ran till September 21, 1961. The show’s original host was comedian
Groucho Marx (of the Marx Brothers), with his announcer and assistant
George Fenneman.

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MEN’S MAGAZINE DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1933

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Esquire
is a men’s magazine , founded and edited by David A. Smart. It was
published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. The first issue (above)
appeared on October 4, 1933.

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VARIETY SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DATE IN 1955

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The Red Skelton Show
is a television variety show that ran for two decades
beginning on Sunday September 30, 1951 and ending on August 1, 1971. It
was second to Gunsmoke ( 1955-1975) and third to The Ed Sullivan Show
(1948-1971) in the ratings during that time. The show was largely associated
with the CBS television network, where it appeared for more than fifteen years,
but it actually began and ended on NBC. The Red Skelton Show received
three Emmy Awards, for Skelton for best comedian and the program as
best comedy show during its first season, and an award for the comedy
writing in 1961.

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SEASON PREMIERE ON THIS DATE IN 1964

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Gilligan’s Island
is a television situation comedy aired for three seasons
(98 episodes ) on the CBS network, from the season premier on Saturday
September 26, 1964, to September 4, 1967. The show was originally
sponsored by Philip Morris & Company and Proctor & Gamble. The first
season (36 episodes) was filmed in black and white. They were colorized
later for syndication.

 

 

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Tina Louise (77)                                                     Dawn Wells (72)

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Russell Johnson (86)

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