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Tommy Hilfiger, the renowned American fashion designer and philanthropist, a pioneer of classic American cool style, whose sensational career in fashion began as a high school student in 1969, well known for his own label, with their iconic blue, red, and white flag logo, is 72 today. María Valverde, the wonderful Spanish actress, one of the most interesting Spanish actresses of her generation, who made her big screen debut in 2003, who won a Goya Award for her noted performance of a student in "La Flaqueza del Bolchevique" ("The Weakness of the Bolshevik") (her first film), who gained international popularity for her work as Zipporah in Ridley Scott's epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014), is 36 today.

Corinne Cléry, the attractive French actress and ex-model, who began her acting career in the late 1960s, who first came to prominence for her role in the erotic film "Story of O" (1975) (a controversial film who was banned in the UK and was shown for the first time finally in London in 1999), and remembered for being Corinne Dufour in the James Bond film "Moonraker" (1979), is 73 today. Keri Russell, American actress and dancer, who began her career on the Mickey Mouse Club (she was chosen for her impressive dancing abilities), who came to fame for portraying Felicity Porter in the hit WB series "Felicity", winning a Golden Globe in 1999, and well known for her notable work as Elizabeth Jennings in the popular FX drama series "The Americans", is 47 today.

Fanny Ardant, the excellent French actress, the great lady of French cinema and one of France's most admired actresses, an elegant woman with a strong screen presence and the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards, whose fantastic career embraces film, opera, stage and television, who was the muse of the exceptional French filmmaker François Truffaut during the early 1980s, is 74 today. M. Emmet Walsh, the prolific and veteran American character actor, whose familiar face has been seen in over 200 films and television series, who is best known for his supporting roles in some of the most iconic films of the past several decades, including "Brubaker", "Ordinary People", "Reds", "Serpico", "Blade Runner", "Blood Simple", "Raising Arizona", "My Best Friend's Wedding", and "Knives Out", is 88 today.

@Wormfarmer... Virginia Zeani is a solo hit for me: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/arts/music/virginia-zeani-dead.html

Virginia Zeani a hit for @diego. Congratulations. https://operawire.com/obituary-romanian-soprano-virginia-zeani-passes-at-97/ next round: 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa / Bob Barker 1924 Joyce Randolph / Jimmy Carter 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / David Graham 1926 Gudrun Ure / Lawrence Turman 1927 Barbara Rush / Harry Belafonte 1928 Line Renaud / Zhu Rongji 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Alice Munro / Willie Mays 1932 Elaine May / Joseph Zen

Jair Bolsonaro, the repulsive Brazilian politician and retired military officer, one of the most controversial political figures in Brazil, widely known for his inflammatory and offensive remarks, who served as the 38th President of Brazil, is 68 today. Timothy Dalton, the attractive Welsh actor of film, stage and television, who initially made a name for himself as a Shakespearean stage actor, who gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray James Bond on the big screen, who played the world's most famous British agent in just two films in the late 1980s: "The Living Daylights" (1987) and "Licence to Kill" (1989), is 77 today.

Holly Hunter, the prestigious American actress, one of the most decorated actresses of her generation, who made her big screen debut in the 1981 horror film "The Burning", who made her Broadway debut in 1982, well known for her distinguished performance of a mute Scottish woman in "The Piano" (1993) (probably the greatest film directed by a woman), for which she won the BAFTA Award and Academy Award for Best Actress, among other awards, is 65 today. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegalese academic, author and politician, who was elected Director-General of UNESCO in 1974, the first representative of an African country to be elected Director-General of UNESCO, and was re-elected to a second term of seven years in 1980, is 102 today.

Ursula Andress, the famous actress, ex-model and sex symbol, who started her acting career with small roles in Italian films in the mid-1950s, who achieved worldwide prominence for her noted first appearance in the inaugural James Bond adventure "Dr. No", rising like Aphrodite from the foam in a skimpy white bikini with a large knife at her side, who was born in Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland, is 87 today. Glenn Close, the admired and intelligent American actress, who made her Broadway debut in 1974, who made her feature film debut in George Roy Hill's "The World According to Garp" (1982), and winner of three Emmys, three Golden Globes, and three Tonys, is 76 today.

Luc Besson, the famed film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his extravagant and spectacular action films, whose credits include "Subway", "The Big Blue", "Nikita", "Leon", "The Fifth Element", "Joan of Arc", "Arthur and the Invisibles", "The Lady", "Lucy", "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" and "Anna", who was born in Paris, France, is 64 today. Shang Chunsong, the impressive Chinese artistic gymnast, probably the most important artistic gymnast of her generation, who grew up in a small village in abject poverty, suffering from malnourishment, who needed to climb a mountain trail everyday to go to school, and dropped out of school at 13 in order to earn money and help pay for her gymnastics, an extraordinary artistic gymnast who won the Chinese National Games in 2013, and with the winnings, she helped her partially blind brother, and won enough to put the down payment on a house for her family, is 27 today.

Lesley-Anne Down, the attractive actress, ex-model, and singer, who began her career as a model at age ten, who made her film debut in 1969, who achieved international prominence for her work as Lady Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series "Upstairs, Downstairs", known for films, telefilms and miniseries, including "North and South" and its sequels, who was born in Wandsworth, London, England, is 69 today. Rob Lowe, the famous American actor, one of the biggest teen idols of the 1980s, a member of the noted "Brat Pack", who millions of heterosexual girls and homosexual boys had his poster on their bedroom walls, and whose best known films include "Class", "Oxford Blues", "St. Elmo's Fire" and "The Outsiders" among many others, is 59 today.

Victor Garber, the versatile Canadian film, stage and television actor, an accomplished stage actor, and singer, who started his prolific acting career at the age of 9, who served as a folk singer for the band "The Sugar Shoppe", a noted professional with an impressive list of roles, having appeared in more over 140 films and television series, is 74 today. Isabelle Huppert, the notable, passionate and prodigious French actress, one of the greatest contemporary actresses and France's most decorated actress, having been nominated 16 times for a César Award, winning a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and countless other accolades, better known for her portrayals of cold and contemptuous women, who has made over 120 films in her 50-year career, is 70 today.

David Cronenberg, the talented Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter, one of the most important filmmakers of his generation, who started his career in the early 1970s, and whose interesting filmography includes "Shivers", "Scanners", "Videodrome", "The Fly", "Dead Ringers", "Spider", "A History of Violence", "Eastern Promises", "Cosmopolis", "Maps to the Stars", and "Crimes of the Future", is 80 today.

I like the way you think, mate. Adorable and intelligent.

I'm with you on that, @Gooseberry Crumble. Ray Krebbs was a fantastic character and I liked him with Donna. Ray is the best friend that anyone could ever have and never wants to lose. And he was a great lover, too. He slept with Donna, Jenna, Sue Ellen... and his affair with Lucy was an interesting incest. One of my favourite scenes... when J.R. find out that Sue Ellen had slept with Ray! Wow! Good memories. I'm sure you must be as Ray: a great friend and a great lover.

Simone Biles, the impressive American artistic gymnast, one of the greatest gymnast of all time, the most decorated American gymnast with more than two dozen Olympic and World Championship medals to her name, and the youngest Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in U.S. history, is 26 today. Steve Kanaly, American actor, who served as a radio operator during the Vietnam War, who began his acting career in the 1970s, well known for his role as the ranch foreman Ray Krebbs, the illegitimate son of family patriarch Jock Ewing, on the television soap opera "Dallas", is 77 today.