W.C. Fields (William Claude Dukenfield)

(January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946)

Fields was an early film comedian who obtained fame for his sardonic
wit in such films as The Bank Dick (1940) and My Little Chickadee with
Mae West (1940). Before fame he made a living as a pool player and
a juggler as a teen.

Fields (right) working with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on NBC radio

                                       
                                         Ross Simpson

Oprah Gail Winfrey is 60 today

Alan Alda (Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo)

Alda is a actor/director, screenwriter, and author. The six-time Emmy Award and
Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his starring roles as Hawkeye
Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H (1972-1983) and Arnold Vinick in The West
Wing on NBC (1999-2006), and his supporting role in the 2004 film The Aviator.

                                          
                                         Mike Gracia

Donna Reed (Donna Belle Mullenger) 

(January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986)

Donna Reed appeared in over 40 films, receiving the 1953 Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene Burke in the war
drama From Here to Eternity. She is also well known for her role as Mary
Hatch in Frank Capra‘s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). She worked extensively
in television, notably as Donna Stone, an American middle class mother in
the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966), for which she received 
the 1963 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female.

 
            
              July 1962

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