>>Todays Birthdays On this day: Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Vaughn is 82. (Born 1932) His credits include the movies Happy Hour, Joes Apartment, Cottonmouth, Bullitt, and The Young Philadelphians, and the TV series Hustle, The Man From U-N-C-L-E, and The A-Team. He won an Emmy for the miniseries Washington Behind Closed Doors. Actor, director, and comedy writer Terry Gilliam is 74. (Born 1940) He is a member of Monty Pythons Flying Circus. In addition to his work with Monty Python, his credits include the movies Brazil and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Actor Tom Conti is 73. (Born 1941) His credits include the movies The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Shirley Valentine, Derailed, and Reuben, Reuben. Hockey Hall of Famer Jacques Laperriere is 73. (Born 1941) Astronaut Guion Bluford is 72. (Born 1942) He was the first African-American astronaut. Drummer Floyd Sneed is 72. (Born 1942) Hes best known for his work with the group Three Dog Night. Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King is 71. (Born 1943) Reggae musician Aston Family Man Barrett is 68. (Born 1946) He played bass for Bob Marley and the Wailers. Musician and actor Steven Van Zandt is 64. (Born 1950) He plays guitar with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and is also known for his acting roles in the award-winning show The Sopranos and the Netflix series Lillyhammer. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tina Weymouth is 64. (Born 1950) She was a member of the group Talking Heads. Actor Richard Kind is 58. (Born 1956) His credits include the sitcoms Spin City and Mad About You. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 56. (Born 1958) Her credits include the movies Freaky Friday, Drowning Mona, A Fish Called Wanda, Halloween, Halloween: Resurrected, True Lies, and Christmas with the Kranks. Actress and model Mariel Hemingway is 53. (Born 1961) Her credits include the movies Personal Best and Manhattan and the TV series Central Park West. TV producer Brian Robbins is 51. (Born 1963) His credits include the TV series The Bronx Is Burning, Inconceivable, One Tree Hill, Im With Her, The Nick Cannon Show, Smallville and Arli$$ and the movies Radio and Coach Carter. Tennis great Boris Becker is 47. (Born 1967) Over the course of his career he won six Grand Slam singles championships. He was the youngest person ever to win the mens singles title at Wimbledon, taking the championship when he was 17. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 47. (Born 1967) His credits include the movies Now You See Me, The Avengers, Shutter Island, The Kids Are Alright, Zodiac, All the Kings Men, Rumor Has It, Just Like Heaven, Collateral, 13 Going on 30, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, In the Cut, and Windtalkers. Singer Karen O is 36. (Born 1978) Shes the lead singer for the group Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Napster creator Shawn Fanning is 34. (Born 1980) Actor Tyler Hilton is 31. (Born 1983) His credits include the TV series Extant and One Tree Hill and the movies Charlie Bartlett and Walk the Line. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 30. (Born 1984) Her credits include the films Lucy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Don Jon, The Avengers, Iron Man 2, The Nanny Diaries, The Prestige, The Black Dahlia, Match Point, In Good Company, Lost in Translation, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Eight Legged Freaks, The Horse Whisperer, and Home Alone 3. These famous people would have celebrated birthdays on this day: Author George Eliot. (Born 1819) Born Mary Ann Evans, she had said she used a male pen name so her work would be taken seriously. Her novels include Silas Marner and Middlemarch. Author Andre Gide. (Born 1869) He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947. Former French President Charles de Gaulle. (Born 1890) Songwriter and bandleader Hoagy Carmichael. (Born 1899) Composer Benjamin Britten. (Born 1913) Comedian-actor Rodney Dangerfield. (Born 1921) His credits include the films Little Nicky, Back To School and Caddyshack. His signature line was, quote, I dont get no respect. Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actress Geraldine Page. (Born 1924) She won an Academy Award for the movie A Trip to Bountiful and took Emmys for the TV specials The Thanksgiving Visitor and Truman Capotes A Merry Christmas. Her other credits include the films The Pope of Greenwich Village, Im Dancing as Fast as I Can, White Nights, Interiors, Pete n Tillie, Hondo, and Youre a Big Boy Now. Musician Rod Price. (Born 1947) He played guitar for the group Foghat.
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