Christian (Charles Philip) Bale is an English actor who, In addition to starring
in big budget Hollywood  films,  has played in films produced by independent
producers and art houses. Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13,
when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg’s 1987 film Empire
of the Sun. He has recently received critical acclaim for his performance in
The Fighter (2010),earning him several awards including the Golden Globe
for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and a  nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Christian Bale as a lost English boy in a Japanese interment
camp during World War ll. 

 
                  Bale as Batman in The Dark Knight (2008)

             
                Psychological thriller,The Machinist (2004)

Thanks to J.R. Miller for reminding us of the fact that our birthday girl,
Katharine Ross married former Portlander Sam Elliott in 1984.

Katharine Juliet Ross is a  film and stage actress. she is best known for her role as Elaine Robinson in the 1967 film The Graduate, opposite Dustin Hoffman, and her role as Etta Place in 1969’s , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, along with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Katharine won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her part in 1977’s Voyage of the Damned. She is also an established author of several published children’s books. 

        Katharine Ross with Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate

Paul Newman and Katharine Ross in a scene from Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid

Thomas William "Tom" Selleck  is an actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum on the CBS-TV
show Magnum, P.I.(1980 – 1988).Tom also plays Jesse Stone in a series of made-
for-TV movies. In 2010, he appeared as Chief Frank Reagan in the drama Blue
Bloods on CBS. His most successful movie release was Three Men and a Baby
which was the highest grossing movie in 1987. 

                        Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum

William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was a comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields was known for his comic roles as a cantankerous and
hard-drinking egotist who was a compassionate character despite his snarling
contempt for dogs, children, and women.