Actress Meryl Streep has been described as "the best actress
of her generation.". She has received numerous accolades
throughout her career spanning over five decades, including
three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards,
eight Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and two
Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for
seven Grammy Awards and a Tony Award.

1995

1983

June 15, 1969 – December 27, 1997 on CBS

Gailard Sartain, the Tulsa, Oklahoma-born character actor
with nearly 75 TV and movie roles to his credit, died of
natural causes in his hometown of Tulsa on Thursday,
June 19.

Sartain was also a successful painter and illustrator. His
artistic credits range from record cover designs for such
artists as Leon Russell (Will O’ the Wisp) to illustrations
for nationally published magazines.

1999

Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian/American actress and
producer. Known for her work in film and TV productions
across many genres, she has consistently ranked among
the world’s highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s.

Her accolades include an Academy Award, two Primetime
Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and six
Golden Globe Awards.

1993

Harris Yulin (November 5, 1937 – June 10, 2025)

Harris Yulin, the acclaimed character actor who
starred in films including Scarface and
Ghostbusters II, has died.

Over the course of his career, the California-
born actor played more than 100 roles on stage
and screen, including working extensively on
Broadway.
 

Yulin’s family and his manager, Sue Leibman,
announced that he died June 10 in New York
City of cardiac arrest. He was 88.

On June 11, 1979, John Wayne, famous for starring in countless westerns, died at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a
decade.

The actor was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset,
Iowa, and moved as a child to Glendale, California. A football star
at Glendale High School, he attended the University of Southern California on a scholarship but dropped out after two years.

After finding work as a movie studio laborer, Wayne befriended
director John Ford, then a rising talent. His first acting jobs were
bit parts in which he was credited as Duke Morrison, a childhood nickname derived from the name of his beloved pet dog.

Wayne’s first starring role came in 1930 with The Big Trail, a film
directed by Raoul Walsh.