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ACTRESS ANN-MARGRET IS 74 TODAY

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Ann-Margret (born Ann-Margret Olsson in Sweden)

Ann-Margret appeared with Elvis in Viva Las Vegas (1964) and gained
fame for her role in Bye Bye Birdie (1963). She also appeared in The
Cincinnati Kid
(1965) and Tommy (1975). She was nominated for two
Academy Awards and won five Golden Globes.

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AL PACINO IS 75 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino was born in Manhattan, New York

Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the
“Godfather” trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his
role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film “Scent of a Woman”. He is also
known for his starring roles in “Dog Day Afternoon” (1975),“Scarface”
(1983), “Serpico” (1973), and “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992).

He developed a love for acting at an early age and participated in the
majority of his school’s productions. As a teenager, he went by the
nickname Sunny and had a reputation as a troublemaker.

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OFFICIAL RELEASE ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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Annie Hall was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival in March 1977, before
its official release. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and along with
winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, it received Oscars in three other categories: two for Allen (Best Director and, with Brickman, Best Original
Screenplay
), and Keaton for Best Actress. The film additionally won four
BAFTA awards and a Golden Globe. It ranks 31st on AFI’s list of the top
feature films in American cinema and fourth on their list of top comedy films.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918

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William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle, Jr. in O’Fallon, Illinois)
(April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981)

Holden was considered one of the finest actors of his time, and starred in
“Sunset Boulevard” (1950), “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957), and
“The Wild Bunch” (1969).

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in “Stalag 17” (1953)
and for his part in the 1973 film, “The Blue Knight”, earned him a Primetime
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.

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MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1953

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House of Wax was the first color 3-D feature from a major studio and premiered
just two days after the Columbia Pictures film Man in the Dark, the first major-
studio black-and-white 3-D feature. It was also the first 3-D film with stereophonic
sound to be presented in a regular movie theater. It premiered nationwide on
April 10, 1953 and went out for a general release on April 25, 1953.

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