Ron Glass (1945–2016)

Born: July 10, 1945 in Evansville, Indiana, USA
Died: November 26, 2016 (age 71)

Held a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and literature from the University of Evansville.

Best known for his role as the laconic, highly literate Detective Ron Harris in TV’s Barney Miller (1974).

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John Carradine (1906–1988)

Born: February 5, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: November 27, 1988 (age 82) in Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Married to: Emily Cisneros (3 July 1975 – 27 November 1988) (his death)
Doris Rich (30 August 1957 – 10 December 1964) (divorced)
Sonia Sorel (13 August 1944 – 6 March 1957) (divorced) (3 children)
Ardanelle McCool (31 December 1935 – 14 March 1944) (divorced) (1 child)

[on Darryl F. Zanuck] Nobody liked working for Zanuck, the little goddamn Napoleon, always walking around with his polo mallet. Nobody had any respect for him except as an executive. And he was a good editor at one time, but he fancied himself a writer, and he was not a good writer.

[on Cecil B. DeMille] I was very fond of him. I never saw him direct an actor; his specialty was the camera. He simply hired the best…

“Empire Strikes Back” Director Irvin Kershner

Born: Isadore Kershner
April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: November 27, 2010 (age 87) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Star Wars 1977 dir. by George Lucas starring Harrison Ford Hamill

The Empire Strikes Back 1980 dir. Irvin Kershner Starring Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams

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Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970)

Born: November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: September 18, 1970 (age 27) in Notting Hill, London, England, UK

I will be dead in five years’ time, but while I am here, I will travel many highways and I will, of necessity, die at a time when my message of love, peace and freedom can be shared with people all over the world.
Once you’re dead, you’re made for life.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

I can’t express myself in any conversation… But when I’m up on stage, it’s all the world. It’s my whole life.

I’d like to get something together, like with Handel, and Bach, and Muddy Waters, flamenco type of thing… If I could get that sound, I’d be happy.

Jaleel White

Born: November 27, 1976 in Pasadena, California, USA

Childhood role as Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters

Writing is still on my slate.

I’ve been in this business 31 years. I’ve never had a movie deal.

[1999, on his role as Steve Urkel on Family Matters (1989)] If you ever see me do that character again, take me out and put a bullet in my head and put me out of my misery.

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Curtis Armstrong

Born: November 27, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Married to:
Elaine Aronson (1994 – present) (1 child)

[on Risky Business (1983)] It was a very, very strange because I had trained to be a stage actor, and that was my goal. My goal was not to make movies or do television. That wasn’t on my agenda at all. The fact that I was doing an off-Broadway play in New York and got some attention, and people started sending me out for film auditions. That’s just one of those things that happened. I assumed, especially since the ones I’d gone in on, I hadn’t gotten, that this was just part of my job. I have to go in and read for these people, but there was no thought of – and so when I got this part – in the first place, of course, Tom [Cruise] was all of…

Robin Givens

Born: November 27, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to:
Svetozar Marinkovic (22 August 1997 – 23 September 1998) (divorced)
Mike Tyson (7 February 1988 – 14 February 1989) (divorced)

I left my marriage only when I felt like I was going to die physically or die emotionally. It’s just amazing what becomes your normal. One day you wake up with a knife at your throat. Another day you find your shoes torn up. But now we’re in world where we are far more connected and involved in each other’s lives because of social media. Now women who are abused can see they’re not alone.

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Bill Nye

Born: November 27, 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

[advice to young scientists] Try things then clean up after yourself. Then try some more things and clean that up too.

Our country is the only country in the world that has some people that don’t believe in evolution. America is still the leader in scientific advancement, and yet we have adults who want to ignore the evidence of millions and millions of years to believe something much more complicated and complex with zero proof. It’s important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science. If you’re an adult and you choose not to believe in science, fine, but please don’t prevent your children from learning about it and letting them draw their own conclusions. I think in 30-40 years this won’t even be an issue…

Kirk Acevedo

Born: November 27, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Married to:
Kiersten Warren (16 May 2005 – present) (1 child)

I am much more wired to be an athlete than anything else. I understand the ‘hard work = payoff’ equation in sports. I run marathons and I box. And that’s my Puerto Rican flag hanging in Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing gym. I gave it to him. My last N.Y.C. marathon time I ran in three hours flat.

INVINCIBLE 2006 dir. Ericson Core Stars: Mark Wahlberg Greg Kinnear DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2014 dir. Matt Reeves Stars: Gary Oldman Keri Russell

THE THIN RED LINE 1998 dir. Terrence Malick Starring: Nick Nolte James Caviezel

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Kathryn Bigelow

Born: November 27, 1951 in San Carlos, California, USA

I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live. Perhaps just because I just came off The Hurt Locker (2008) and I’m thinking of the war and I think it’s a deplorable situation. It’s a great medium in which to speak about that. This is a war that cannot be won, why are we sending troops over there? Well, the only medium I have, the only opportunity I have, is to use film. There will always be issues I care about.

[on The Hurt Locker (2008)] War’s dirty little secret is that some men love it. I’m trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st-century combat.