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SILENT FILM ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1906
Janet Gaynor (Laura Augusta Gainor)
(October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984)
Janet Gaynor was one of the most popular silent film actresses who
won the first ever Academy Award for Best Actress. She is also the
only actress to receive one Oscar for multiple performances in the
same year. After graduating high school, she worked at a shoe
store in Los Angeles.
Douglas Fairbanks presenting the very first Best
Actress Oscar to Janet Gaynor
KAREN ALLEN IS 62 TODAY
Actress Karen Jane Allen is best known for her role as Marion
Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen
has also had roles in films, including National Lampoon’s
Animal House (1978), Starman (1984), and Scrooged
(1988),
BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1923
Charlton Heston (John Charles Carter)
(October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008)
Hollywood super star Charlton Heston appeared in 100 films over the course
of 60 years. His best know films include The Ten Commandments (1956),
and Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1959.
SUSAN SARANDON IS 67 TODAY
Susan Abigail Sarandon (Tomlin) has worked in movies and television
since 1969. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role
in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. Sarandon was nominated four
other times for past films.
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