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FRED MACMURRAY (AUG. 30, 1908-NOV. 5, 1991)

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Actor Frederick Martin "Fred" MacMurray  appeared in more than 100
movies and a successful television series during a career that spanned
nearly a half-century, from 1930 to the 1970s. MacMurray is well known
for his role in the 1944 film noir Double Indemnity with costar Barbara
Stanwyck. He later became known as Steve Douglas, the widowed head
of the family on My Three Sons,which ran on ABC-TV from 1960 – 1965 
and then on the CBS television network from 1965 – 1972.

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SHOWS FANALE WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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The Fugitive is
a drama series starring David Jansen as Dr. Richard
Kimble. It originally aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. During its debut
season, The Fugitive was the 28th highest rated show and went to 5th
place in its second season. The shows finale in 1967, in which the fate
of Dr. Kimgle ws revealed, held the record at that time for the highest
share of television viewers to watch the finale of a series at 72%. In
1965, Alan Armer, the producer and head writer of the series,received
an award from the Mystery Writers of America. In 1993, TV Guide
named The Fugitive, a Q.M. Production, the best dramatic series
of the 1960s.

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ACTOR CHARLES BOYER REMEMBERED

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                 (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978)

Charles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films
between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer
started on the stage, but he found great success in movies during the
1930s. His memorable performances were among the era’s most highly
praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). Another
famous role was in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight. He received four
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.

 

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BOND GIRL JILL ST. JOHN IS 71 TODAY

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Actress Jill St. John is best known for her role as Tiffany Case, the lead
Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Jill continues to act, primarily
in television sitcoms and made-for-TV movies. She has worked on five
films with her husband actor Robert Wagner. Jill St. John is the author
of The Jill St. John Cookbook (1987).

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Jill as Bond girl Tiffany Case with costar Sean Connery

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ROBERT REDFORD IS 75 TODAY

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Robert Redford, is a, film director, producer, businessman, model,
environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film
Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing the 
film Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. His
most popular films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), and
All the President’s Men (1976).

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Robert Redford with costar Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid

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