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Happy Birthday: Eric Fleming (1925–1966)

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ericfleming.jpgHappy Birthday actor Eric Fleming (1925–1966)

Born: July 4, 1925 in Santa Paula, California, USA

Died: September 28, 1966 (age 41) in Tingo Maria area, Peru

Drowned while filming a TV scene in Peru at age 41.

During Fleming’s enlistment in the Seabees in 1942, his face was shattered when a 200-pound block of steel slipped from a hoist. A long convalescence and four plastic surgical procedures created the face familiar to Rawhide (1959) viewers.

Fleming was unmarried and had no children. He was to have married long-time companion Lynne Garber within two days of his death.

His mother’s maiden name was Anderson.

Happy Birthday: Tracy Letts

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tracylettsHappy Birthday actor/writer Tracy Letts

Born: July 4, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

[re August: Osage County (2013)]I know that there’s another dimension in the film that is not in the play, and that’s Osage County. I would take them [filmmakers] to my home and show them the landscape, that’s kind of profound for me as a guy who not only has written a play, but written a play that’s somewhat autobiographical. The landscape itself becomes a character.

 

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TV POSTERHOMELAND SEASON 3
2013
Best of the series
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over 100 pages of the hit show!

 

Happy Birthday: David Kross

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davidkrossHappy Birthday actor David Kross

Born: July 4, 1990 in Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

In 2007 Stephen Daldry cast Kross in the adaption of his best selling novel “The Reader (2008)” provided that Kross had to learn English until the start of shooting. Later, Kross was honored with the Chopard trophy at the 62nd Cannes Festival playing on of the leading roles, opposite Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes.

 

WAR HORSE
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Jeremy Irvine
Emily Watson
The ReaderThe Reader
dir. Stephen Daldry
Also Starring
Ralph Fiennes

 

Happy Birthday: Gina Lollobrigida

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ginalollobrigida.jpgHappy Birthday actor Gina Lollobrigida

Born: July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy

Married to: Javier Rigau y Rafols (November 2010 – present) (separated)

Milko Skofic (15 January 1949 – 25 June 1971) (divorced) (1 child)

QUOTES:

Popularity has a bright side, it unlocks many doors. But the truth is that I don’t like it very much because it changes the private life into a very small thing.

My cinema — the ’50s, ’60s — is different from the cinema today so I thought that it would not be bad to show that kind of cinema where we could dream.

There is only one trouble with having played the most famous courtesan of all times and that is, after Sheba, all other roles will certainly seem tame and anticlimactic.

I’ve had many lovers and still have romances. I am very spoiled. All my life, I’ve had too many admirers.

I do what I like now. I just don’t have time for it all.

A woman at 20 is like ice, at 30 she is warm and at 40 she is hot.
I have experience seducing nephews.

Happy Birthday: Gloria Stuart (1910–2010)

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gloriastuart.jpgHappy Birthday actor Gloria Stuart (1910–2010)

Born: July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica, California, USA

Died: September 26, 2010 (age 100) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Arthur Sheekman (29 July 1934 – 12 January 1978) (his death) (1 child)
Blair Gordon Newell (21 June 1930 – 17 May 1934) (divorced)

At age 86, she was aged by makeup to play Rose DeWitt Bukater at age 101 in Titanic (1997). However, Stuart did not find this a pleasant experience.

THE INVISIBLE MAN
1933
dir. James Whale
Starring:
Claude Rains
Gloria Stuart
THE OLD DARK HOUSETHE OLD DARK HOUSE
1932
dir. James Whale
Starring:
Boris Karloff
Melvyn Douglas

TITANICTitanic
1997
dir. Cameron
starring
Kate Winslet
Leonardo DiCaprio

 

Happy Birthday: Eva Marie Saint

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evamariesaint.jpgHappy Birthday actor Eva Marie Saint

Born: July 4, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Married to: Jeffrey Hayden (28 October 1951 – present) (2 children)

Although the part of Edie Doyle properly is a lead, producer Sam Spiegel listed her as a Supporting Actress in the hopes of getting her a nomination. The ploy worked and she won the Oscar.

 

On the Waterfront
1954
dir. Kazan
starring
Marlon Brando
Saint
North by NorthwestNorth by Northwest
1959
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring
Cary Grant
Saint
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMINGThe Russians are Coming The Russians are Coming
1966
dir. Jewison
starring
Frank Sinatra
Carl Reiner		 Superman ReturnsSuperman Returns
2006
dir. by Bryan Singer
starring
Kate Bosworth
Brandon Routh
Kevin Spacey
MOVIE POSTERWINTER’S TALE
2014
dir. Akiva Goldsman
Stars:
Colin Farrell
Jessica Brown Findlay		 MOVIE POSTERNOTHING IN COMMON
1986
dir. Garry Marshall
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Jackie Gleason

 

Happy Birthday: Becki Newton

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beckinewtonHappy Birthday actor Becki Newton

Born: July 4, 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Married to: Chris Diamantopoulos (12 May 2005 – present) (1 child)

QUOTES:

When I think of the most beautiful women, they’re not supermodels.

I’m blessed that I can leave it to the pros at work and red-carpet events, because I can’t say I’m adept. Still, I’m definitely not afraid to take chances when it comes to beauty.

Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn’t about being fussy; it’s about taking care of myself.

I’ve learned there’s nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance – I wore it like a badge of honor.

Died Today (July 3rd): Andy Griffith (1926–2012)

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andygriffith.jpgDied Today: Andy Griffith (1926–2012)

Born: June 1, 1926 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA

Died: July 3, 2012 (age 86) in Manteo, North Carolina, USA

Married to: Cindi Knight (2 April 1983 – 3 July 2012) (his death)
Solica Casuto (11 June 1975 – 1981) (divorced)
Barbara Griffith (26 August 1949 – 16 October 1972) (divorced) (2 children)

QUOTES:

[on his off-camera relationship with Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee] There was just something about me she did not like.
[How he valued Don Knotts as an actor/best friend]: I loved Don. There was no one like him.
[For making Chapel Hill, which is where he went to college, proud of him]: I am proud of my connections to Carolina and pleased to know that some results from a lifetime of work on television, film, stage and recordings will have a permanent home in Chapel Hill.
I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then, I have tried to walk a Christian life, … And now that I’m getting older, I realized that I’m walking even closer with my God.
I still play that guitar. It’s a Martin D-18 with a clear pick guard. I’ve played that guitar on and off my TV shows for nearly 50 years.
[When he used a televangelist as his model]: I did an impression of Oral Roberts, and near the end, I took Elia Kazan’s head in my hands, and I healed him, I walked out of that restaurant with the part.