Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
Born in Independence, Missouri (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)
Ginger Rogers appeared as the dance partner of Fred Astaire in a number
of classic movie musicals such as Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and
The Gay Divorcee (1934). She originally wanted to become a school teacher
but, became involved with vaudeville and Broadway acts as a dancer and
an actor before moving to Hollywood.
When Beach Party hit screens it was a huge success with the first five-day grosses
reportedly well ahead its competition, which consisted of the popular currently
running major studio films Hud, Tammy and the Doctor, The Nutty Professor
and The Birds. Beach Party was the first of the five American-International
Beach Party movies.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Harrison Ford is 74 today.
Ford reached the second-highest rank in the Boy Scouts of
America and worked as a counselor for the Reptile Study
merit badge at Napowan Adventure Base Scout Camp. He
worked as a carpenter and briefly served as a stagehand
for The Doors.
Harrison Ford in American Graffiti, 1973.
Yul Brynner (Yuly Borisovich Briner)
(July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985)
Yul Brynner portrayed rulers in The King and I (1951) and The
Ten Commandments (1956). His other films include Anastasia
(1956), The Sound and the Fury (1959), and Death Rage (1976).
Brynner lived in Russia, France, and China before immigrating
to the U.S. He debuted as Paul Vicola in the 1949 film, Port of
New York.
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