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IT WAS ON TELEVISION THIS DAY IN 1955

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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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ROBERT BLAKE IS 79 TODAY

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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.  

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Detective Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta with Fred the
Cockatoo

 


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PEGGY LIPTON TURNED 66 TODAY

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Actress Peggy Lipton best known for her role as Julie Barnes
in the ABC television series “The Mod Squad” (1968-1973). 

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RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH IS 89 TODAY

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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).

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From left: James Stewart and Richard Attenborough from “Flight
of The Phoenix”

 

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From “Miracle on 34th Street”

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ACTRESS TUESDAY WELD TURNED 69 TODAY

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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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