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REMEMBER WHEN THESE WERE AROUND?
FIRST LOOK AT AGENT 007 ON THIS DAY IN 1963
On May 8, 1963, with the release of Dr. No, North American
moviegoers get their first look–down the barrel of a gun–
at the super-spy James Bond (codename: 007), the immortal
character created by Ian Fleming in his now-famous series
of novels and portrayed onscreen by the relatively unknown
Scottish actor Sean Connery.
Sir Sean (Thomas) Connery
(25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020)
LEGENDARY ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY
Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993)
On May 4, 1929, Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston—who will
one day be better known to legions of film fans as Audrey
Hepburn—was born near Brussels, Belgium.
The daughter of an English banker and a Dutch baroness, Hepburn
was attending school in London when World War II erupted in
Europe. During the war, the Nazis occupied Holland, where the
young Audrey and her mother were staying, and the family
suffered many hardships. Hepburn continued to pursue her
ballet studies, and at war’s end, she returned to London, where
she modeled and began acting in small parts on stage and screen.
In 1951, Hepburn was “discovered” by the French writer Colette
while in Monaco shooting a film. Colette insisted Hepburn be cast
in the title role of the Broadway version of her novel Gigi, and the
young actress made her Broadway debut that same year.
THEN AND NOW PICTURES FROM THE BLOG
Angelina Jolie as a baby in the arms of her father, Hollywood acting legend John Voight.
Father and daughter today.
MAN OF MANY TALENTS HAS DIED AT 96
Harry Belafonte ( Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.)
(March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023)
Belafonte was a Jamaican-American singer, actor and activist,
who popularized calypso music with international audiences
in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the
first million-selling LP by a single artist.
Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O
(The Banana Boat Song)".
In 2022 Harry Belafonte was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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