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PENNY MARSHALL IS 73 TODAY

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Carole Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall starred as Laverne DeFazio in the ABC sitcom Laverne &
Shirley (1976-1983), then went on to become a director of such films as
Awakenings (1990), A League of Their Own (1992) and Big (1998), both
starring Tom Hanks. With Big, she became the first female director to have
a film gross over $100 million. She started tap dancing at the age of three
and began her acting career with guest-starring appearances on The Odd
Couple
, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Happy Days.
 

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917

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June Allyson
(born Eleanor Geisman in The Bronx, New York)
(October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006)



June Allyson was a stage, film, and television actress, dancer,
and singer. She began her career as a dancer on Broadway
in 1938 and signed with MGM in 1943. She rose to fame the
following year in Two Girls and a Sailor
.

 

 

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BRIGITTE BARDOT IS 82 TODAY

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Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot

French actress Brigitte Bardot, one of the best known sex symbols of the
1950s and ’60s, starred in a number of films. She was nominated for a
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in the 1965 film Viva
Maria!
She studied ballet for three years at the Conservatoire de Paris, in
hopes of becoming a professional. Bardot established the Brigitte Bardot
Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals after her retirement
in 1973.

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RAQUEL WELCH IS 76 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Raquel Welch (Jo Raquel Tejada) was born in Chicago, Illinois.

International sex symbol Raquel Welch appeared in One Million Years
B.C.
(1966). Her other films include 2001’s Legally Blonde and 1967’s
The Oldest Profession. She performed ballet for ten years. In 1964, she
debuted in A House is Not a Home (1964). Raquel was employed as the
spokesperson for Foster Grant glasses.

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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

                 

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Madonna Louise Ciccone is 58 years young today.

Madonna grew up in an Italian-American household and was a straight A
student, as well as a cheerleader, in high school. After earning a degree
from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, she
moved to New York City to pursue dance. She received a Golden Globe
Award for Best Actress for her role as Eva Peron in the 1997 film Evita.

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