Christopher Allen Lloyd is known for his roles as Emmett
"Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990),
Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991), and its sequel
Addams Family Values (1993), and Judge Doom in Who
Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). He rose to prominence as
Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi on ABC/NBC
from 1978-1983.
Lloyd began his acting career at age fourteen, joining an
apprenticeship in summer stock.
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CHRISTOPHER LLOYD IS 75 TODAY
COMEDIENNE RECEIVES TOP HUMOR AWARD
Carol Burnett, the 2013 Mark Twain Prize recipient
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Carol Burnett launched her namesake variety
show in the 1960s, one TV executive told her the genre was "a man’s game”,
but she proved him wrong with an 11-year run that averaged 30 million viewers
each week.
This evening, the trailblazing comedienne will receive the nation’s top humor
prize at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Top entertainers including
Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will pay tribute to Burnett
as she receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
The 16th annual show will be taped and broadcast Sunday, Nov. 24 on most PBS
stations.
The series aired on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978
.
JEANNIE C. RILEY IS 68 TODAY
Jeannie C. Riley (Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson)
Riley won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance
for he 1968 country and pop hit "Harper PTA”. Before fame she was a
secretary by day and recorded music by night.
PAM DAWBER IS 62 TODAY
Dawber is best known for her lead television sitcom roles as Mindy
McConnell in Mork & Mindy on ABC (1978–1982) and Samantha
Russell in the CBS series My Sister Sam (1986–1988). Dawber
married actor Mark Harmon on March 21, 1987.
ERIN MORAN IS 53 TODAY
Erin Marie Moran is best known for the role of Joanie
Cunningham on ABC’s Happy Days (1974-1984) and its
ABC spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982-1983).
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