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AL PACINO IS 76 TODAY

 


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

Pacino had his breakthrough as Michael Corleone in the Godfather trilogy
(1972-1974-1990). He 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), and
Serpico (1972). He developed a love for acting at an early age when
he participated in the majority of his school’s productions.


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SHIRLEY MACLAINE IS 82 TODAY


Shirley MacLean Beaty was born in Richmond, Virginia.

Actress and author of numerous mystical books. Maclaine won an Academy
Award for her work in Terms of Endearment (1983) after previously being
nominated five times.

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Barbra (Barbara Joan) Streisand is 74 today.

Barbra’s song "Evergreen" for the film A Star is Born earned an
Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original
Song in 1977.

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994).


John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is 79 today.

                       


Nicholson portraying the Joker in 1989’s Batman.

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HUGH O’BRIAN IS 91 TODAY

 

O’Brian in the U.S Marine Corps during World 
War II
. At seventeen, he became the youngest
Marine drill instructor.






Hugh O’Brian
 (Hugh Charles Krampe)
was born in
Rochester, New York.

O’Brian is known for his starring roles in the19551961 ABC western television
series
, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and the 1972-1973 NBC action
television series Search. Hugh had a small role in John Wayne‘s last film, The Shootist (1976).

On June 25, 2006, O’Brian married for the first time at age 81 to 64-year-old 
Virginia Barber. The ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with
the Rev.
Robert Schuller officiating.

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