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ACTRESS LINDA EVANS IS 69 TODAY

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Linda Evans is known primarily for her roles on television such as Audra
Barkley in the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley (1965–1969),
and Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC prime time TV  soap opera
Dynasty. She played the role from 1981 to 1989.

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LEONARDO DICAPRIO TURNED 37 TODAY

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DiCaprio, Leonardo

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is a actor and film producer. He has received many
awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004), and has been nominated by the Academy Awards,
Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. DiCaprio began his career appearing in TV commercials and soon landed roles in shows
such as the ABC sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He made his film debut
in the sci-fi/horror comedy Critters 3 (1991). DiCaprio’s first major role was in This
Boy’s Life
(1993).

 

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Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, in
Clint Eastwood’s current biopic J. Edgar.

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SHOW CAUSED TERROR ON THIS DAY IN 1938

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Welles in War of the Worlds

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October 30, 1988, 50th anniversary documentary on the
radio show

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A tripod

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‘’THE DIVINE SARAH’’ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1844

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Sarah Bernhardt  (October 22, 1844 — March 26, 1923)
 

Bernhardt was one of the pioneer dramatic silent film actress. She has been referred
to as “the most famous actress the world has ever known”. Her career began on the
stages of France in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and America.
 

 

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JOAN FONTAINE IS 94 TODAY

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Actress Joan Fontaine and her older sister Olivia de Havilland are two
of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s. Joan
is the only actor to have won an Academy Award for a performance in
a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Suspension (1941).

 

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Joan Fontaine with Alfred Hitchcock

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1943

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