Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born in Georgia. 

Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying
three characters in the 1957 film Three Faces of Eve. She gained
further recognition after marrying movie star Paul Newman in 1958.

Before fame in her youth, Joanne Woodward won multiple beauty
pageants.

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman were married until
Newman’s death in 2008 at age 83.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded "That’ll Be The Day” at the Norman Petty
studios in Clovis, New Mexico. The song was issued on Decca’s Brunswick label
and became their first hit.

1956

The song “ That’ll Be The Day” had its genesis in a trip to
the movies by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis
in June 1956. The John Wayne film The Searchers was
playing. Wayne’s frequently-used catchphrase, "that’ll be
the day" inspired the young musicians.

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia.

Dakota Fanning began her career in a national commercial for Tide
when she was five years old. At age seven, her performance in the
2001 film I Am Sam earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors
Guild Award at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee
in history. As a child actress, she went on to appear in high-profile
films such as Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005) and
Charlotte’s Web (2006).

Drew Barrymore as Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Drew Blythe Barrymore was born in Culver City, California.

Drew Barrymore is an actress, author, director, model and producer. She 
first appeared in a dog food commercial when she was eleven months old
and made her film debut in Altered States (1980). Her breakout role was
in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1982. Famous stage
and cinema actor John Barrymore is her grandfather.          

Drew Barrymore with Steven Spielberg on set of E.T.

 
Carlotta Bradley

Sir Sidney Poitier is celebrating his 89th birthday today.

Poitier spent time working as a dishwasher while his friends assisted
him in learning how to read the newspaper and speak without a
Bahamian accent. The American Film Institute called him one of
the 25 Greatest Male Stars of All Time in 1999.

1967

1967

1997