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MORGAN BRITTANY TURNED 60 TODAY

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Morgan Brittany, 8 years-old

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Morgan Brittany (born Suzanne Cupito ) in Los Angeles, Cal. is a film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Katherine Wentworth in the 1980s
CBS primetime soap Dallas. Under her birth name, Brittany began her career at the
age of 8 in 1960 in an episode of the original Twilight Zone series (Nightmare as a Child).

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Morgan Brittany with Dallas costar Patrick Duffy

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JEFF BRIDGES IS 62 YEARS OLD TODAY!

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Young Jeff Bridges with his father Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt

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Actor Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his
portrayal of Otis “Bad” Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart. His career began
when he worked as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau
Bridges in the syndicated television series Sea Hunt (1958-1961).The best
known films by Jeff Bridges include Tron (1982), John Carpenter’s Starman
(1984), The Big Lebowski (1998), and Iron Man (2008). Bridges earned his
sixth Academy Award nomination for his role of Rooster Cogburn in the 2010
Coen brothers remake of True Grit.


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Bridges from The Last Picture Show (1970)

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Jeff in The Big Lebowski

 

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Jeff as Rooster Cogburn, True Grit

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TOP MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1942

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Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama that won three Academy Awards, 
including Best Picture. The film ranks near the top of lists of the greatest films of
all time.

 

 


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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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Gertrude Berg


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Cast of The Goldbergs

The Rise of the Goldbergs began on the NBC radio network as a weekly
15-minute comedy-drama on Wednesday November 20, 1929, going daily
in 1931. The series moved to CBS radio in 1936 with the title shortened to
The Goldbergs and ran until 1946. The program was devised by writer-
actress Gertrude Berg.

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Announcer of the show was Clayton “Bud” Collyer

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EPIC FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Ben-Hur premiered at Loew’s State Theatre in New York City. The epic film
went on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a
record equaled only by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King
in 2003.

 

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