Phillips was born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California.
Phillips is the last surviving member of the original 1960s group The Mamas
and the Papas. She began acting in the 1970s and continues to act in movies
and in television.
NEW YORK (AP) – Clint Eastwood will follow his box-office sensation
"American Sniper" with a biopic of pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
(above).
Warner Bros. announced Tuesday that Eastwood will direct and produce
the not-yet-titled drama as his next film. The film is to be adapted from
Sullenberger’s 2009 memoir, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really
Matters," which chronicles his personal history before he landed a US
Airways plane in the Hudson River in New York (seen above) in 2009.
Director Clint Eastwood
Curtis worked on a submarine while serving
in the U.S. Navy.
Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010)
The career of acclaimed actor Tony Curtis spanned six decades, but had
his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more
than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy
to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television
appearances. He married actress Janet Leigh in 1951, and their daughter
is actress Jamie Lee Curtis.
1952
Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
Singer, actor, and writer Pat Boone was a successful pop singer during
the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top
40 hits and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood movies.
According to Billboard, Boone was the second biggest charting artist of
the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley. He attended three colleges
before graduating.
"Moody River" is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song from June
of 1961.
Betsy Palmer (Patricia Betsy Hrunek)
(November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Betsy Palmer, the veteran character actress who
achieved lasting fame as the murderous camp cook in the 1980 horror
film "Friday the 13th," has died.
According to her manager, Palmer died Friday of natural causes at a
hospice care center in Connecticut. She had also appeared in films,
on Broadway and in TV shows such as the CBS game show “I’ve Got a
Secret” where she was a regular panelist.
