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ACTRESS JULIE HARRIS HAS DIED AT 87

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   Julia Ann "Julie" Harris (December 2, 1925 – August 24, 2013)

NEW YORK (AP) –  Julie Harris, one of Broadway’s most honored
performers, whose roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles
in "I Am a Camera" to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in "The Belle
of Amherst," died Saturday. 

Harris died at her West Chatham, Mass. home of congestive heart
failure, according actress and family friend Francesca James.

Harris won a record five Tony Awards for best actress in a play,
displaying a virtuosity that enabled her to portray an astonishing
gallery of women during a theater career that spanned almost 60
years and included such plays as "The Member of the Wedding"
(1950), "The Lark" (1955), "Forty Carats" (1968) and "The Last
of Mrs. Lincoln" (1972).
 
Television viewers knew Harris as the free-spirited Lilimae Clements
on the prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing." In the movies, she
was James Dean’s romantic co-star in "East of Eden" (1955), and
had rolls in such films as "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (1962), and
"The Haunting" (1963).  

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WELL KNOWN ACTOR IS DEAD AT 91

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Michael George Ansara
(April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013)

The stage, screen, and voice actor died after a long illness at his home in
Calabasas, California. Ansara is best known for his portrayal of Cochise
in the ABC-TV series Broken  Arrow (1956-1958). He also played the
original Klingon on several episodes of television’s "Star Trek".

 

 



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TODAY IN HISTORY

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MARIETTE HARTLEY IS 73 TODAY

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Mariette Hartley as seen in an original series Star Trek episode

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Mary Loretta “Mariette” Hartley

Hartley is a well known character actress who began her career in her
teens as a stage actress. Her film career began with Ride the High
Country
(1962), She first appeared on television in a CBS episode
of Gunsmoke in 1962.

 

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Dennis Weaver and Mariette Hartley from Gunsmoke


Polaroid commercial with James Garner and Mariette Hartley, 1981

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THE ONE-MAN BROADWAY SHOW IS 85 TODAY

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Jackie Mason (Yacov Moshe Maza) was ordained as a rabbi at
age twenty-five before resigning to become a comedian.

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