HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEA LEONI ~ 45 TODAY

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Tea Leoni has starred in a wide range of films including Jurassic Park lll
(2001), Deep Impact (1998), and co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2006
comedy film Fun with Dick and Jane.

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Tea as a TV news anchor in Deep Impact

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Tea Leoni with Jim Carrey in Fun with Dick and Jane

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YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1950

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Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute NBC-TV variety show appearing
weekly on Saturday nights from February 25, 1950 until June 5, 1954. It
featured Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca (shown above). Other featured
performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, and Nanette Fabray.

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Howard Morris (right) with Sid Caesar during a skit from the show 

Skit with Sid Caeser, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris from Your Show of Shows

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Nanette Fabray with Sid Caesar

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SWANSON TV DINNER AD FROM 1953

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DEBRA JO RUPP TURNED 60 TODAY

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Debra Jo Rupp is best known for her role as Kitty Forman on the long-running Fox
sitcom, That ‘70s Show (1998 – 2006). She is also known for playing the role of  
Alice on the fourth and fifth seasons of Friends on NBC-TV. Debra is currently
starring on the ABC sitcom Better With You.

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Debra Jo Rupp in That ‘70s Show

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Debra in a scene from Better With You

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREW BARRYMORE ~ 36 TODAY

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Drew Barrymore is a member of the famous Barrymore family of American actors
and the granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in a TV commercial
for dog food when she was eleven months old. Drew’s film debut was in Altered
States (1980), in which she got a small part. A year later, she landed the role of
Gertie, the younger sister of Elliot, in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial,
which put her on the road to fame. She received a Golden
Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1984 for her part in the film
Irreconcilable Differences.

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Drew Barrymore with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show

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