Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski outside their home on Cielo Drive, 1969
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY ~ 45 YEARS AGO
SAM ELLIOTT IS 70 TODAY
Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott was born in Sacramento, California and moved
from California to Oregon with his family during his teenage years, where he
graduated from David Douglas High School in Portland. He attended Clark
College in Vancouver, Washington. He worked in construction while studying
acting in Los Angeles and served in the California Army National Guard.
CONNIE STEVENS, BIRTHDAY 76 TODAY
Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia in Brooklyn, NY)
Actress and singer Connie Stevens played Cricket Blake on the ABC television
series Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963). She married her second husband, Eddie
Fisher in 1967.
Stevens had hit singles as a solo artist with "Sixteen Reasons" (1960), being
her biggest hit, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
TODAY IN HISTORY
BILLIE BURKE, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1884
Billie Burke in “The Wizard of Oz”, she was 54 years old then
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970)
Burke gave the memorable performance as Glinda, the Good Witch, in the 1939
film, “The Wizard of Oz”. She hosted her talk show, At Home With Billie Burke, from
1951 to 1952. Before fame she toured with her father, who worked as a circus clown.
Burke was also the wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., of Ziegfeld Follies fame, from 1914
until his death.
Burke (r) being interviewed in 1949 by pioneer broadcaster Ruth Crane
Schaefer on ABC Radio affiliate WMAL.
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