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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1907

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  Catherine
Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976)

Russell was an actress of stage and screen, known for playing character
roles such as a newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks 1940 comedy
His Girl Friday, as well as the role of Mame Dennis in the 1958 film Auntie
Mame
. She won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated. She
was one of the few actresses of her time who regularly played professional
women, such as judges, reporters, and psychiatrists. Her career span was
from the 1930s to the 1970s.   

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BRUCE DERN IS 78 TODAY

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Bruce MacLeish Dern 

Dern has appeared in more than 80 feature films, and received Academy
Award
nominations for Best Supporting Actor for the 1978 film Coming
Home
and Best Actor for the 2013 film Nebraska.

Before fame, Bruce Dern was heavily involved in track as a long distance
runner while in high school.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1925

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                 A 17 year old Tony Curtis in the U.S. Navy

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Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz)  (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010)

Actor Tony Curtis had a film career that spanned six decades, but had his
greatest popularity was during the 1950s and early 1960s. He appeared 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 many television
appearances. He married actress Janet Leigh in 1951, and their daughter
is actress Jamie Lee Curtis.

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ANN B. DAVIS IS DIED AT 88

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          Ann Bradford Davis
(May 5, 1926 – June 1, 2014)

Actress Ann B. Davis is best known for her role as housekeeper Alice
on ABCs "The Brady Bunch” (1960-1974). Davis died Sunday morning 
from head injuries sustained after a fall in the bathroom of her San
Antonio home. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.

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ACTRESS DIES AT 88

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Joan Lorring (Mary Magdalene Ellis)  

(April 17, 1926 – May 30, 2014)

New York (AP) – The Oscar-nominated actress Joan Lorring has
died more than six decades after appearing opposite Bette Davis
in the 1945 film "The Corn is Green."

According to her daughter, Santha Sonenberg, she died Friday in
the New York City suburb of Sleepy Hollow.

Lorring began a radio career in San Francisco in 1939. Her first
film role was in Song of Russia (1944).

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