From left: Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint in the ‘Producer’s Showcase’ presentation of “Our Town” on NBC-TV.
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IT WAS ON TELEVISION THIS DAY IN 1955
ROBERT BLAKE IS 79 TODAY
Robert Blake was born Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi in Nutley, New Jersey. He
went from child actor in 1939 to ABC – TV’s "Baretta" (1975-1978). Blake was later
arrested for the 2001 murder of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakely. In 2005, he was tried
and acquitted.
Detective Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta with Fred the
Cockatoo
PEGGY LIPTON TURNED 66 TODAY
Actress Peggy Lipton best known for her role as Julie Barnes
in the ABC television series “The Mod Squad” (1968-1973).
RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH IS 89 TODAY
Richard Samuel Attenborough (Baron Attenborough) is an English actor,
director, producer and entrepreneur. He is the current President of the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi
in 1982. He has also won four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe
Awards. As an actor he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton
Rock (1947), The Great Escape (1963), 10 Rillington Place (1971),
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) and Jurassic Park (1993).
From left: James Stewart and Richard Attenborough from “Flight
of The Phoenix”
ACTRESS TUESDAY WELD TURNED 69 TODAY
Weld began her acting career as a child, progressing to more mature roles
during the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising
Female Newcomer in 1960. Over the following decade she established a
career playing dramatic roles in films.
Her work in supporting roles was acknowledged with nominations for a
Golden Globe Award for Play It As It Lays (1972), a nomination for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Looking for Mr.
Goodbar (1978), an Emmy Award for The Winter of Our Discontent
(1983), and a BAFTA for Once Upon a Time in America (1984).
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