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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901



Marie Magdalene
"Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) 

German born actress Marlene Dietrich starred on both the stage and on the
big screen. Her best known films include The Blue Angel (1930), Shanghai
Express (1932) and Desire (1936). She was ranked 9th on The American
Film Institute’s 1999 list of the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. She
began her acting career as a chorus girl in vaudeville and theater acts.


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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1951

Dragnet title screen.jpg

After a successful run on radio, Dragnet became popular enough to move to
NBC television where it debuted as a special preview on "Chesterfield Sound
Off Time". The show began officially on January 3, 1952 and aired until August
23, 1959. 
 


Jack Webb as Joe Friday (L) and Ben Alexander as Frank Smith.

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SHOW FIRST AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1929


The program was devised by and starred Gertrude Berg

The NBC comedy/drama The Goldbergs began as a weekly
15-minute radio program called The Rise of the Goldbergs
and went daily in 1931. The series moved to CBS in 1936
with the title shortened to The Goldbergs. The show aired
until 1946. It made the switch to television in 1949 and ran
until 1956.


Gertrude Berg (center) and several cast members of the show.

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ACTRESS LINDA EVANS IS 73 TODAY

 



Linda Evans (Born Linda Evenstad in
Hartford, Connecticut)

Evans played Krystle Carrington on the ABC television series Dynasty (1981-1989) 
and appeared in the 1965 film Beach Blanket Bingo. She gained fame for playing
Audra Barkley in The Big Valley on ABC-TV from 1965-1969.

 


John Forsythe and Linda Evans in Dynasty.

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SINGER LULU IS 67 TODAY


Lulu Kennedy-Cairns (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie)

Lulu is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been
successful in the entertainment business since the 1960s. She is identified
with the 1967 song "To Sir with Love" from the film of the same name and
with the title song to the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden
Gun.

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