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BRUCE DERN TURNED 75 TODAY

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Bruce Dern has appeared as a guest star in numerous television shows. He
frequently takes roles as a character actor playing villainous roles. Dern has
appeared in more than 80 feature films and made for TV movies. He is the
father of actress Laura Dern.

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1972

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Bruce Durn (left) with Tom Hanks in The’Burbs (1989)

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DENNIS WEAVER (JUNE 4, 1924 – FEB. 24, 2006)

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William Dennis Weaver, is best known for his television roles, including
Chester Goode on Gunsmoke (CBS, 1955-1975), as Marshal Sam
McCloud in the NBC police drama McCloud (1970-1977), and the
1971 made for TV movie Duel.

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Dennis Weaver with co-star James Arness in Gunsmoke

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Dennis Weaver in a scene from Duel

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ANGELINA JOLIE IS 36 TODAY

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Angelina Jolie has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild
Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She made her screen debut as
a child with her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin’ to Get Out. Her
first leading role in a major film was in the cyber-thriller Hackers (1995).

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Angelina in Lookin’ to Get Out

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2001

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2008

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RECORD BY THE SEARCHERS RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1963

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A remake of the Drifters’ 1961 hit

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TONY CURTIS (JUNE 3, 1925–SEP. 29, 2010)

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Tony Curtis was a film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his
greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100
films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious
drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. He
was the father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis by his first wife,
actress Janet Leigh.

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1959

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Tony Curtis, left, with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960)

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