Archive for the 'Stage' Category

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, 68 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Christopher Walken, stage and screen actor,  has appeared in more than 100
movies and television shows, including  Annie Hall (1997), The Deer Hunter
(1978), The Prophecy (1995), Pulp Fiction (1994), and The Wedding Crashers
(2005). Walken’s films have grossed more than $1.8 billion. He debuted as a
film director and script writer with the short film Popcorn Shrimp in 2001.

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Christopher Walken in a scene from The Deer Hunter

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Walken in Pulp Fiction

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SHIRLEY JONES, BIRTHDAY 77 TODAY

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Shirley Mae Jones  is a singer and actress of stage, film and television. She
starred in a number of well-known musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955),
Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). Shirley won the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress for playing a prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She
is probably best known as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children
in the ABC-TV sitcom  series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), co-starring
her real-life stepson David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.

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Shirley Jones with Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry

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Shirley Jones in The Partridge Family

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PEARL BAILEY, BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1918

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Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an actress and
singer. After appearing in Vaudeville she made her Broadway debut in St 
Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black
production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy Award
for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special,
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.

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Pearl Bailey’s rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.

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COMEDIAN MARTIN SHORT IS 61 TODAY

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Martin  Short is a Canadian born comedian,actor,writer, producer and singer. His
comedy work includes starring in such film as Three Amigos (1986), Innerspace
(1987,) and Pure Luck (1991). Short has resumed work in the theater, earning
several Tony Awards. Martin’s Grimley character (below) has become his best-
known original character. Short is also recognized for his impersonations of
various celebrities.

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Martin as Grimley

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Martin’s Jiminy Glick character

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SARAH JESSICA PARKER TURNED 46 TODAY

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Sarah Jessica Parker, film, television, and theater actress and producer is 
best known for her leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television
series Sex and the City (1998–2004), for which she won four Golden Globe 
Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Emmy Awards. Parker
has also appeared in many films, including Footloose (1984), L.A.Story
(1991), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Mars Attacks (1996).

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Sarah Jessica Parker in Footloose

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Parker in L.A. Story, her breakthrough film

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