Sunday, July 22, 2018
On this day:
Comedian and actor Orson Bean is 90. (Born 1928) He has appeared in several television series including “Normal, Ohio,” “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” and To Tell the Truth.” He was also in the film “Being John Malkovich” as well as the TV series “Desperate Housewives.”
Author Tom Robbins is 86. (Born 1932) He’s best known for the book “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.”
Singer Chuck Jackson is 81. (Born 1937) He was a member of The Del-Vikings.
Actor Terence Stamp is 80. (Born 1938) His credits include the movies “Unfinished Song,” “Valkyrie,” “Elektra,” “My Boss’s Daughter,” “Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace,” “Wall Street,” “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” and “Young Guns.” He also starred in the TV series “Smallville.”
Award-winning game show host Alex Trebek is 78. (Born 1940) He is the host of “Jeopardy!”
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer George Clinton is 77. (Born 1941) He is a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic.
Singer Bobby Sherman is 75. (Born 1943)
Actor Danny Glover is 72. (Born 1946) His credits include the “Lethal Weapon” films, the remake of “The Shaggy Dog,” and the movies “Tula: The Revolt,” “The Shift,” “Shooter,” “Dreamgirls,” “Saw,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” and “The Color Purple.”
Screenwriter and director Paul Schrader is 72. (Born 1946) His writing credits include the films “Bringing Out the Dead,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Raging Bull,” and “Taxi Driver.” He also directed “Adam Resurrected,” “Affliction,” “Cat People,” and “American Gigolo.”
Actor Albert Brooks is 71. (Born 1947) His credits include the movies “This Is 40,” “Drive,” “Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World,” “The In-Laws,” “Broadcast News,” and “Private Benjamin.” He also provided the voice for Marlin in “Finding Nemo,” and a number of voices for the animated TV series “The Simpsons.
Musician Don Henley is 71. (Born 1947) He works as both a solo artist and as a member of the group The Eagles.
Author S.E. Hinton is 70. (Born 1948) Her credits include the books “The Outsiders,” “Rumble Fish,” and “Tex.”
Actor Willem Dafoe is 63. (Born 1955) His credits include the movies “The Fault in Our Stars,” “Out of the Furnace,” “Inside Man,” “The Aviator,” “Spider-Man,” “The Boondock Saints,” “The English Patient,” “Clear and Present Danger,” and “Platoon.”
Soul singer Keith Sweat is 57. (Born 1961)
Actor Rob Estes is 55. (Born 1963) His credits include the TV shows “Necessary Roughness,” “The Evidence,” “Providence,” “Suddenly Susan,” “Melrose Place” and the new “90210.”
Actor and comedian David Spade is 54. (Born 1964) His acting credits include the TV shows “Rules of Engagement,” “8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter,” “Just Shoot Me” and “Saturday Night Live,” and the movies “Grown Ups 2,” “The Benchwarmers,” “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star,” “Tommy Boy,” and “Joe Dirt.” He also hosted the TV series “The Showbiz Show with David Spade,” and provided voices for the animated projects “The Emperor’s New Groove,” “Kronk’s New Groove,” “Racing Stripes,” and “Beavis and Butt-Head.”
Emmy Award-winning actor John Leguizamo is 54. (Born 1964) He won an Emmy for his work on the 1998 TV special “Freak.” His other credits include the movies “Kick-Ass 2,” “Fugly!,” “El Paseo 2,” “Assault on Precinct 13,” “Land of the Dead,” “The Honeymooners,” “Empire,” “Collateral Damage,” “Moulin Rouge,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar” and “The Happening.” He also provides the voice of Sid in the animated “Ice Age” movies.
Actor Rhys Ifans is 51. (Born 1967) His film credits include “The Amazing Spiderman,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1,” “Anonymous,” and “Notting Hill.”
Actor Colin Ferguson is 46. (Born 1972) His credits include the TV series “Eureka” and “Coupling.”
Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is 45. (Born 1973)
Actress Franka Potente is 44. (Born 1974) Her credits include the movies “The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Supremecy,” “Blow,” and “Run Lola Run,” as well as the TV series “Copper.”
Actress and pop star Selena Gomez is 26. (Born 1992) Her credits include the TV series “Wizards of Waverly Place” and the movies “Spring Breakers,” “Monte Carlo” and “Ramona and Beezus.”
Actress Madison Pettis is 20. (Born 1998) Her credits include the TV series “Cory in the House” and the movie “The Game Plan.”
Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge is five. (Born 2013) He is the son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He is the third in line to the throne after Queen Elizabeth II, his grandfather, and his father.
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Wafa Shahid
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