Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993)
She was born in New York City, New York.
Popular actress Myrna Loy starred as Nora Charles in the 1934
film The Thin Man. Although Loy was never nominated for a
competitive Academy Award, in March 1991 she was presented
with an Honorary Academy Award inscribed, "In recognition of her
extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation
for a lifetime’s worth of indelible performances."
Gary Lewis (Gary Harold Lee Levitch)
Musician Gary Lewis was the leader of Gary Lewis & the Playboys and is the
son of comedian and actor Jerry Lewis.
The song "This Diamond Ring", hit number one on Billboard magazine’s Hot
100 chart on February 20, 1965 and made Lewis an instant star.
Gary Lewis (left) and his father Jerry.
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is 69 years old today.
Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to pursue a career as a bodybuilder
at age fourteen, despite demonstrating prowess in football. He became
the youngest person to win the Mr. Universe contest when he was 20
and won four more times after and won the Mr. Universe title seven
times.
One of the best-known versions of the song “Why Don’t You Do Right” was
recorded by Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman and his orchestra in New York. It
was featured in the 1943 film, Stage Door Canteen, it sold over 1 million copies
and brought her to nationwide attention.
Marni Nixon (Margaret Nixon McEathron)
(February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016)
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood voice double Marni Nixon, whose singing
was heard in place of the leading actresses in such classic movie musicals
as "West Side Story,” ”The King and I" and "My Fair Lady," has died.
Michael Kirsten, senior vice president of Nixon’s talent agency, Harden-
Curtis Associates, said she died Sunday of cancer in New York. He said
"She passed away peacefully with her family at her side.
Nixon, who was initially unaccredited for her work, early on resented the
dubbing work but later came to terms with it. "I realized now that this was
something that would outlive me. Something that would last," she wrote
in her 2006 memoir, "I Could Have Sung All Night."
