Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot

French actress Brigitte Bardot, one of the best known sex symbols of the
1950s and ’60s, starred in a number of films. She was nominated for a
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in the 1965 film Viva
Maria! She studied ballet for three years at the Conservatoire de Paris, in
hopes of becoming a professional. Bardot established the Brigitte Bardot
Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals after her retirement
in 1973.

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Anderson played Mary on the beloved show Little House on the Prairie
from 1974 to 1984 on NBC and also appeared in the 1981 film Happy
Birthday to Me.

TIM MAGUIRE

Michael Kirk Douglas is 72 today.

Michael Douglas studied drama at the University of California,
Santa Barbara. His role as flamboyant pianist Liberace in the
2013 HBO biopic Behind the Candelabra earned him an Emmy
Award.

1993

From left: Michael Douglas with his father Kirk Douglas.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is 67 years old today.

According to reports, Springsteen felt deep alienation while attending
high school and did not appear at his graduation. He failed his physical
examinations after being drafted to fight in Vietnam and never served.

Bruce Springsteen performed with the power trio Earth in the late 1960s
and, in 1971, he performed with Steve Van Zandt and Steel Mill.

Circus Boy is an action/adventure/drama series that aired in prime time on
NBC, and then on ABC, from 1956 to 1958. It was then rerun by NBC on
Saturday mornings, from 1958 to 1960. Micky Dolenz began his television
career in the series as the main character, young Corky who was adopted
by Joey the Clown (Noah Beery, Jr.), and the whole Burke and Walsh Circus
family. Dolenz was billed at the time as Mickey Braddock. He was later hired
for the role as the "drummer" in NBC’s sitcom The Monkees.

George Michael "Micky" Dolenz, Jr. turned 71 in March.