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ALAN ALDA IS 78 TODAY

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ALAN ALDA YNG

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Alan Alda (Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo)

Alda is a actor/director, screenwriter, and author. The six-time Emmy Award and
Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his starring roles as Hawkeye
Pierce
in the TV series M*A*S*H (1972-1983) and Arnold Vinick in The West
Wing
 on NBC (1999-2006), and his supporting role in the 2004 film The Aviator.


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DONNA REED WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1921

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Donna Reed (Donna Belle Mullenger) 

(January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986)

Donna Reed appeared in over 40 films, receiving the 1953 Academy Award
for
Best Supporting Actress
for her performance as Lorene Burke in the war
drama From Here to Eternity. She is also well known for her role as Mary
Hatch
in Frank Capra‘s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). She worked extensively
in television, notably as Donna Stone, an American middle class mother in
the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966), for which she received 
the 1963 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female.

 

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Donna Reed with Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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                            Ross Simpson

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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                    Sandy Kozel

      

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TV GENIOUS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1919

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    Ernie Kovacs
(January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962)

Kovacs was an Innovative TV comedian, writer, and actor whose
shows were known for their experimental style that influenced late
night TV show hosts like David Letterman who had cited Kovacs
as the comedian who inspired him. He was an early pioneer in
TV magic and electronic wizardry. Ernie Kovacs was inducted
into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame
in 1987, years after his tragic death in an automobile accident.

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