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PATRICK STEWART’S 71st BIRTHDAY TODAY

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Patrick Stewart as a baby with his mother Gladys

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Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, is an English film, television and stage actor,
and university chancellor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre
and television for around half a century. He is most widely known for his
television and film roles, such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the series
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Syndication, 1987-1994), Professor
Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series. Stewart is also the voice of
Avery Bullock in American Dad on Fox TV.


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Patrick Stewart as Capt. Picard

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Stewart recording the voice of his character in  American Dad

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Avery Bullock

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JANET LEIGH (JULY 6, 1927–OCT. 3, 2004)

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Actress Janet Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison. She was the wife of actor
Tony Curtis from June 1951 to September 1962 and the mother of Kelly Curtis
and Jamie Lee Curtis. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh secured a
contract with MGM and began her film career in the late 1940s. She appeared
in several popular films over the following decade, including Alfred Hitchcock’s
1960 film Psycho.

 

Psycho_(1960)

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KATHY BATES IS 63 TODAY

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Yearbook photo

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Kathy Bates is a actress and director who, after several small roles in film
and television, rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990),
for which she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden
Globe. She followed this with major roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
and Dolores Claiborne (1995), before playing a featured role as Margaret
“Molly” Brown in Titanic (1997). During this time, she began her directing
career, primarily in television.

Bates received a Tony Award nomination for her 1983 performance in the
Broadway play ‘night, Mother. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her
performance in Primary Colors (1998), along with an Oscar nomination for
Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress for About Schmidt (2002). Her television work
has resulted in eight Emmy Award nominations.

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Kathy Bates in Misery

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Kathy as seen in Titanic

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Kathy Bates in a scene from About Schmidt

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CAPTAIN VIDEO DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1949

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Captain Video and His Video Rangers was a low-budget science fiction TV
series. It was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first
series of its kind on American television. It aired between June 27, 1949 and
April 1, 1955 and starred Richard Coogan (below) in the lead role.

 

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Richard Coogan

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Official membership card

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RALPH BELLAMY (JUNE 17, 1904 – NOV. 29, 1991)

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Ralph-Bellamy

Ralph Rexford Bellamy was a actor with a radio, stage, film and TV career that 
spanned sixty-two years. He appeared on Broadway in one of his most famous 
roles, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (below) in Sunrise at Campobello. In 1984, 
he was presented with a Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, 
and in 1987 received an Honorary Academy Award "for his unique artistry and 
his distinguished service to the profession of acting". He gave his final acting 
performance in Pretty Woman (1990).

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Ralph Bellamy as FDR

 

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Bellamy in Rosemary’s Baby, 1968

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