(July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008)

Estelle Scher-Gettleman, better known by her Stage name Estelle Getty,
appeared in film, theater and television. She is best known for playing
Sophia Petrillo on the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls from 1985 to
1992. Estelle  won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role on
the popular show.

The comedy team of Martin and Lewis , comprising of singer Dean Martin as the
straight man and comedian Jerry Lewis. They first met in 1945 and their debut as
a duo act occurred at Atlantic City’s 500 Club on July 24 and 25 in 1946. The team 
enjoyed their partnership until Martin started to become increasingly disillusioned
about working with Lewis, which lead to escalating arguments. Finally they couldn’t possibly see working together any longer and Martin left the team on July 25, 1956,
ten years to the day after the first official teaming of the act. Hollywood or Bust was
the final Martin and Lewis film released in late 1956.

Martin and Lewis at the 500 Club in 1946

                    (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997)

Red Skelton was a comedian, best known as a top radio and television star
from 1937 to 1971. Skelton’s show business career began in his teens as a
circus clown and went on to vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, TV ,and night
clubs. During this time Red was pursuing another career as a painter. Red
Skelton was quoted as saying, "I just want to be known as a clown, because
to me that’s the height of my profession. It means you can do everything—
sing, dance and above all, make people laugh.”

Painting by Red Skelton titled “Clowning  Around”

Patrick Stewart as a baby with his mother Gladys

Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, is an English film, television and stage actor,
and university chancellor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre
and television for around half a century. He is most widely known for his
television and film roles, such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the series
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Syndication, 1987-1994), Professor
Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series. Stewart is also the voice of
Avery Bullock in American Dad on Fox TV.

Patrick Stewart as Capt. Picard

Stewart recording the voice of his character in  American Dad

Avery Bullock

Yul Brynner was a Russian born American actor of stage and film who was
best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical The King and I (1951). Brynner won an Academy
Award for Best Actor for the film version of the musical (1956). He is also
remembered as Rameses ll in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments and
as Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven (1960). He was also an avid
photographer and the author of two books.

Yul Brenner, The King and I

Brynner with Anne Baxter in The Ten Commandments

The Magnificent Seven