Happy Birthday: Nancy Reagan (1921–2016)

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Happy Birthday actor/former first lady Nancy Reagan (1921–2016)

Born: July 6, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: March 6, 2016 (age 94) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Ronald Reagan (4 March 1952 – 5 June 2004) (his death) (2 children)

QUOTES:

On Reagan: “I knew that being his wife was the role I wanted to play.”

[about her husband] “What can you say about a man, who on Mother’s Day sends flowers to his mother-in-law, with a note thanking her for making him the happiest man on Earth?”

Bob had an extraordinary career in both movies and television. Just when it seemed he was ready to retire, he always found a new project that kept him busy and filled with wonderful stories. – in response to the news about the death of friend/actor Robert Stack

[on former White House press secretary Jim Brady]. He had a certain twinkle in his eye and a way of letting you know that he knew what he was doing and everything would be all right. He had a zest for life that was infectious. He loved to hear or tell a good story, laughed easily, could see the silver lining in even the darkest cloud, and made the best chili in town!

Happy Birthday: Fred Dryer

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Happy Birthday actor Fred Dryer

Born: July 6, 1946 in Hawthorne, California, USA

Dryer started his professional career on the football field in 1969, when he was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round (the 13th pick overall). But as he didn’t like New York very much, he left the Giants and returned to California to play for the Los Angeles Rams, which he did from 1972 to 1981, when he retired.

In 1982, Fred auditioned for Cheers. One of 3 finalists, he lost the male lead to actor Ted Danson. Later, he made several guest appearances on the show as Dave Richards, Sam’s former Boston Red Sox teammate turned sportscaster. In 1984, Fred was chosen to play the leading role of the TV series Hunter: LAPD Homicide Detective Sergeant Richard Hunter, a mobster’s son turned cop. Hunter, created by Frank Lupo and produced by Stephen J. Cannell, is TV’s version of Clint Eastwood’s violent big screen cop Dirty Harry. Hunter’s partner is Sergeant DeeDee McCall, a beautiful and tough widow, known around the squad as “The Brass Cupcake”, played by Stepfanie Kramer. Hunter ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991.

Happy Birthday: William Lee Scott

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Happy Birthday actor William Lee Scott

Born: July 6, 1973 in Hudson, New York, USA

Married to: Charlene Bloom

He was hired for October Sky after having the casting directors believe he was actually from the South, as his character, even though he grew up in New York.

THE WINNING SEASON
2004
dir. John Kent Harrison
Stars:
Matthew Modine
Kristin Davis

GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS
2000
dir. Dominic Sena
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
Angelina Jolie

Identity
2003
dir. Mangold
Starring
Liotta
John Cusask
Amanda Peet

OCTOBER SKY
1999
dir. Joe Johnston
Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Chris Cooper

Pearl Harbor
2001
dir. Michael Bay
starring
Affleck
Josh Hartnett

Happy Birthday: Geraldine James

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Happy Birthday actor Geraldine James

Born: July 6, 1950 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Married to: Joseph Blatchley (June 1986 – present) (1 child)

She was nominated for Broadway’s 1990 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for portraying Portia in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”.

SHERLOCK HOLMES A GAME OF SHADOWS
dir. Guy Ritchie
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.
Jude Law

MADE IN DAGENHAM
2010
dir. Nigel Cole
Starring:
Sally Hawkins
Jaime Winstone

Alice in Wonderland
dir. Tim Burton
Stars
Mia Wasikowska
Johnny Depp

ARTHUR
dir. Jason Winer
Stars:
Russell Brand
Helen Mirren

Sherlock Holmes
dir. Guy Ritchie
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.
Law
Rachel McAdams

Happy Birthday: Ned Beatty

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Happy Birthday actor Ned Beatty

Born: July 6, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Married to:
Sandra Johnson (20 November 1999 – present)
Dorothy Adams ‘Tinker’ Lindsay (28 June 1979 – 2 March 1998) (divorced) (2 children)
Belinda Beatty (26 April 1971 – 17 May 1979) (divorced) (2 children)
Walta Drummond Chandler (2 April 1961 – 20 November 1970) (divorced) (4 children)

He appeared with Burt Reynolds in six films: Deliverance (1972), White Lightning (1973), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), Stroker Ace (1983), Switching Channels (1988) and Physical Evidence (1989).

MASH
1970
dir. Altman
Starring
Donald Sutherland
Elliot Gould

All the President’s Men
1976
dir. Alan J Pakula
Starring
Robert Redford
Dustin Hoffman

Superman
1978
dir. by Richard Donner
starring
Christopher Reeve
Gene Hackman

Superman 2
1980
dir. Richard Lester
Richard Donner
starring
Christopher Reeve
Margot Kidder

Toy Story 3
dir. Lee Unkrich
Stars
Tom Hanks
Tim Allen

He Got Game
1998
dir. Spike Lee
Starring
Denzel Washington
Ray Allen

Cookie’s Fortune
1999
dir. Robert Altman
starring
Glenn Close
Moore

Shooter
2007
dir. Antoine Fuqua
Starring
Wahlberg
Danny Glover

RAMPART
dir. Oren Moverman
Stars:
Woody Harrelson
Ben Foster

RANGO
dir. Gore Verbinski
Stars:
Johnny Depp
Isla Fisher

EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
1977
dir. John Boorman
Stars:
Richard Burton
Linda Blair

RUDY
1993
dir. David Anspaugh
Stars:
Sean Astin
Jon Favreau

1941
1979
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
James Belushi
Dan Aykroyd

Happy Birthday: Burt Ward

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Happy Birthday actor Burt Ward

Born: July 6, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Tracy Posner (15 July 1990 – present) (1 child)
Mariana Torchia (10 August 1985 – ?) (divorced)
Kathy Kersh (25 February 1967 – 1969) (divorced)
Bonney Lindsey (19 July 1965 – 1966) (divorced) (1 child)

Wrote an autobiography, “Boy Wonder: My Life In Tights”, in which he described his experiences on the set of the television series Batman (1966), his relationship with co-star Adam West and his sexual escapades with his fans.

When asked to give a speech at Harvard about his role on Batman (1966), he brought the original costume, said to be valued at a half-million dollars. Some students came up to him dressed as security guards and told him they would keep the costume safe. Then in the middle of the speech, one student stood up and asked, “When is a costume not a costume? When it’s stolen.” The lights dimmed and the students grabbed the costume and made off. After snapping pictures with one another in the cape, they later called Ward and gave the costume back. The ringleader of the gang? Harvard Lampoon editor Conan O’Brien.

Happy Birthday: 50 Cent

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Happy Birthday actor 50 Cent

Born: July 6, 1975 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Released a series of street mixtapes in 2002. They became so popular that Eminem heard them and signed him to his record label. Even after his success, 50 still releases street mixtapes on a regular basis.

ESCAPE PLAN
2013
dir. Mikael Hafstrom
Stars:
Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Righteous Kill
2008
dir. Jon Avnet
Starring
Robert DeNiro
Pacino

HOME OF THE BRAVE
2006
dir. Irwin Winkler
Stars:
Samuel L Jackson
50 Cent

Happy Birthday: Janet Leigh (1927–2004)

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Happy Birthday actor Janet Leigh (1927–2004)

Born: July 6, 1927 in Merced, California, USA

Died: October 3, 2004 (age 77) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Robert Brandt (15 September 1962 – 3 October 2004) (her death)
Tony Curtis (4 June 1951 – 14 September 1962) (divorced) (2 children)
Stanley Reames (5 October 1945 – 7 September 1949) (divorced)
John Carlisle (II) (21 August 1942 – 28 December 1942) (annulled)

Eloped at the age of 14 – marriage was later annulled. Thus, Tony Curtis was her third husband when she married him in her 20s.

Touch of Evil
1958
dir. Orson Welles
starring
Charleton Heston
Leigh

Psycho
1960
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
starring
Anthony Perkins
Leigh

The Manchurian Candidate
1962
dir. John Frankenheimer
starring
Frank Sinatra
Laurence Harvey

Bye Bye Birdie
1963
dir. George Sidney
Starring
Ann-Margret
Dick Van Dyke

ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD
1951
dir. Clarence Brown
Stars:
Paul Douglas
Janet Leigh

Happy Birthday: Geoffrey Rush

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Happy Birthday actor Geoffrey Rush

Born: July 6, 1951 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Married to: Jane Menelaus (20 November 1988 – present) (2 children)

He won an Oscar for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), making him one of 12 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007).

Shine
1996
dir. Scott Hicks
Starring
Geoffrey Rush
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
dir. Verbinski

Finding Nemo
2003
dir. Andrew Stanton
Lee Unkrich
Cast
Albert Brooks
Ellen DeGeneres

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE
dir. Zack Snyder

Candy
2006
dir. Neil Armfield
Cast
Heath Ledger
Abbie Cornish

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Starring
Blanchett
Rush

The Warrior’s Way
dir. Sngmoo Lee
Stars:
Dong-gun Jang
Kate Bosworth

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
2007
dir. Verbinski
Starring
Johnny Deep

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1998
dir. John Madden
Starring:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Joseph Fiennes

MUNICH
1983
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Eric Bana
Daniel Craig

QUILLS
2000
dir. Philip Kaufman
Cast:
Geoffrey Rush
Kate Winslet

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
dir. Rob Marshall
Stars:
Johnny Depp
Penélope Cruz

THE KING’S SPEECH
2010
dir. Tom Hooper
starring
Helena Bonham Carter
Colin Firth

FINDING NEMO 3D
dir. Andrew Stanton
Lee Unkrich
Stars:
Albert Brooks
Ellen DeGeneres

ELIZABETH
1997
dir. Shekhar Kapur
Stars:
Geoffrey Rush
Cate Blanchett

OSCAR AND LUCINDA
1997
dir. Gillian Armstrong
Stars:
Ralph Fiennes
Cate Blanchett

THE BOOK THIEF
2013
dir. Brian Percival
Stars:
Sophie Nelisse
Geoffrey Rush

Happy Birthday: Kevin Hart

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Happy Birthday actor Kevin Hart

Born: July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Married to:
Torrei Hart (22 May 2003 – 13 November 2011) (divorced) (2 children)

[on being asked if there were any topics he would not joke about] Uh, yes. Rape. Rape would be one of them. I also stay clear of homosexuality or anything dealing with that right now, because it’s such a sensitive topic in today’s times. There are words I’ve used in the past that I wouldn’t use now because of the attention those words get.

THINK LIKE A MAN
dir. Tim Story
Stars:
Chris Brown
Gabrielle Union