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JENNIFER ANISTON IS 43 TODAY!

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Jennifer Joanna Aniston is a actress, film director, and producer who gained
wide recognition in the 1990s for her portrayal of Rachel Green on the NBC
television sitcom, Friends (1994-2004). The role earned her an Emmy Award,
Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Aniston’s greatest
successes came with the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. She has been selected
to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year.

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Jennifer Aniston with Bruce Almighty co-star Jim Carrey

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JOHN FORSYTHE

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                      (January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010)

Born Jacob Lincoln Freund, Forsythe was a stage, television and
film actor. He starred in three TV series, spanning four decades
and three genres. He was Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor
Father
(1959-1962), as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend
in Charlie’s Angels (1976-1981), and as Blake Carrington on the
prime time soap drama Dynasty (1981-1989). John Forsythe also
hosted World of Survival (1971-1977).

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Joan Collins, John Forsythe, Linda Evans from Dynasty

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BILL BIXBY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1934

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                             Wilfred Bailey Everett “Bill” Bixby III  
                       
                          (January 22, 1934 − November 21, 1993)

Bill Bixby was a film and television actor, director, and frequent game show
panelist. His career spanned over three decades. Bill is best known for his
roles as Tim O’Hara on the CBS sitcom My Favorite Martian, Tom Corbett
on on the ABC comedy-drama series The Courtship of Eddie’s Father,
and Dr. David Banner on the CBS drama series The Incredible Hulk.

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Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk and Bill Bixby

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SPIN-OFF SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1975

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Starring Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford

The Jeffersons is a CBS sitcom that aired from Saturday, January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985. lasting 11 seasons for a total of 253 episodes. It was the longest-
running sitcom with a predominantly African American cast in the history of American
television. The show was the second spin-off of All in the Family, on which George
and Louise Jefferson had been neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The series 
was created by producer Norman Lear. 

Cast of The Jeffersons: 
Franklin Cover, Paul Benedict, Sherman Hemsley, Marla Gibbs, Ned Wertimer and Berlinda Tolbert (top row, from left); Roxie Roker, Isabel Sanford and Mike Evans (bottom row, from left)

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BETTY WHITE IS 90 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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BETTY WHITE TODAY

Betty Marion White Ludden is a actress, comedienne, author, and popular TV 
personality with a career spanning over seven decades, she is best known for
her role as Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls which originally aired on NBC from
1985 to 1992. She currently stars as Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom Hot in
Cleveland.  

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