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AL PACINO IS 72 TODAY

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Scent of a Woman (1992)

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Scent of a Woman won Al Pacino the Academy Award for Best
Actor
in 1993

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SUPPORTING ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1915

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Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca
(April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001)

Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and
writer. He starred in many critically acclaimed films, including Zorba the
Greek
(1964), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and The Guns of Navarone
(1961).
Quinn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice;
for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956.

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ACTRESS BARBARA HALE TURNED 90 TODAY

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Barbara Hale is best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street
on more than 250 episodes of the long-running Perry Mason CBS
television series and later reprising the role in 30 made-for-TV
movies.

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WILLIAM HOLDEN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918

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      William Holden
(April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981)
 

Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954 and the Emmy
Award
for Best Actor in 1974. He is one of the most popular and well
known movie stars of all time, Holden was one of the biggest box office
draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the
Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American
Film Institute
‘s 100 Years…100 Stars list as number 25. He starred
in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time,
including such blockbusters as The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957),
The Wild Bunch
(1969), The Towering Inferno (1974), and Network
(1976).
 

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CLASSIC RADIO PROGRAM

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The radio series Gunsmoke aired from April 26, 1952 until June 18, 1961, on
the CBS
radio network..

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William Conrad (right) chats with producer Norman MacDonnell,
who with John Meston, created Gunsmoke. He produced the
radio version and eight years of the TV version.

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Parley Baer ("Chester"), Georgia Ellis ("Miss Kitty") and Howard
MacNear ("Doc Adams")

Air date: September 21, 1958

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