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A BIRTHDAY FOR SHARON STONE ~ 53 TODAY

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Sharon Stone actress, film producer, and former fashon model achieved huge
recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct in 1992. She was
nominated for an Academy Award fro Best Actress and won a Golden Globe
Award for Best Actress in a motion Picture for her 1995 performance in Casino.

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Sharon Stone in the famous scene from Basic Instinct

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JOYCE VAN PATTEN IS 77 TODAY

 NYC  05/07/06.Joyce Van Patten at opening night of the new Broadway play "THE CAINE MUTINY Court-Martial" at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.Digital Photo by Adam . (Newscom TagID: phlphotos098075)     [Photo via Newscom]

Joyce Van Patten is a stage, film and television actress and the younger   
sister of actor Dick Van Patten. Her list of guest appearances includes   
the TV shows, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, The Andy  
Griffith Show, and Hawaii Five-O. Van Patten has had supporting roles  
in many films, among them as the head of the Little League in the  
original comedy film Bad News Bears in 1975.

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ROBERT CONRAD ~ 76 TODAY

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Actor Robert Conrad is best known for his role in the CBS-TV series The
Wild Wild West
(1965 – 1969) , in which he played the sophisticated Secret
Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II flying ace Pappy Boyington in the NBC-TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976 – 1978). He was
a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as Bob Conrad before
he started acting. He currently hosts a weekly 2 hour national radio show
called “The PM Show with Robert Conrad” heard on CRN Digital Talk Radio.  
 

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Robert Conrad with co-star Ross Martin (left) 

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Robert Conrad in Baa Baa Black Sheep

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PREMIERE OF DEATH VALLEY DAYS ON THIS DATE IN 1952

Death Valley Days aired from March 1, 1952 to August 1, 1975 and was 
the most successful syndicated television Western ever in the half-hour 
format. The stories used in the series were based on actual events.

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The longest-running host was "The Old Ranger"
from 1952 to 1965, played by Stanley Andrews.

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RON HOWARD TURNED 57 TODAY

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Ron Howard, actor, director, and producer came to prominence as a child actor,
playing Opie Taylor in the CBS-TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to
1969 and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days
on ABC from 1974 – 1984. Ron made film appearances in American Grafiti in
1973 and in The Shootist in 1976 with John Wayne. He made his directorial
debut with the 1977 comedy film Grand Theft Auto.

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Ron Howard as Opie in The Andy Griffith Show

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Ron In Happy Days

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Actor Ron Howard behind the wheel in a scene from American Graffiti

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Director Ron behind the camera

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