MariNisia

Al Jaffee, the prolific American cartoonist, the longest working cartoonist in history, who started drawing and writing professionally in 1940, known for his longtime work in the satirical magazine Mad, is 102 today.

María Adánez, Spanish film, stage, television, and voice actress, the stepdaughter of noted Spanish actor Santiago Ramos (retired from acting due to complications derived from his Parkinson's disease), who started her acting career at the age of 6, best known for her comedic roles on popular long-running television sitcoms, is 47 today. Liza Minnelli, the famed American actress, dancer, and singer, the daughter of acclaimed film director Vincente Minnelli and legendary actress and singer Judy Garland, who made her first appearance on film, at age of three, in the final scene of the musical "In the Good Old Summertime", which starred her wonderful mother, is 77 today.

Congratulations, @Summer in Transylvania! 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa / Bob Barker 1924 Joyce Randolph / Sheldon Harnick 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

@ladyfiona... Petula Clark is a duplicate pick:

Congratulations, @tracy! 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa / Bob Barker 1924 Joyce Randolph / Sheldon Harnick 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

Rupert Murdoch, the famed and powerful Australian-born American billionaire businessman, investor and media tycoon, who earned his fortune as the founder of the influential media conglomerate News Corporation, is 92 today. Dominique Sanda, the brilliant French actress and ex-model, well remembered for her role in the 1971 Academy Award-winning film "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis", which was named Best Foreign Language Film, a sensational performer with rare and fleeting public appearances, who won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, is 72 today.

Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright, who's well remembered for her work as Joey Drayton in the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", which starred Spencer Tracy (who died 17 days after filming was completed), Sidney Poitier and her wonderful aunt, Katharine Hepburn, is 78 today. Shannon Tweed, the attractive actress and sexy ex-model, who first rose to fame as Miss November 1981 for Playboy magazine (Tweed was Hugh Hefner's partner), whose acting career began in 1982, probably best known for many erotic thrillers and as Diana Hunter on the soap opera "Falcon Crest", who was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is 66 today.

@Summer in Transylvania... If you're the host, I want to play again. May the Force Be with You.

Ebrahim Golestan and Robert M. Young are older than Roger Corman. Ebrahim Golestan, a great master of Iranian cinema, turned 100 in October 2022.

Juliette Binoche, the iconic French actress, who began her international film career with "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1988), widely known for her role in Anthony Minghella's "The English Patient" (1996), and winner of numerous international accolades, is 59 today. Manuel Galiana, the prodigious and revered Spanish film, stage and television actor, a towering figure of the Spanish stage, one of the finest actors of his generation, who began his impressive acting career in the late 1950s and the early 1960s, is 82 today.

Congratulations, @arghton! 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa / Bob Barker 1924 Joyce Randolph / Sheldon Harnick 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

Micky Dolenz, the stupendous American actor, director, entrepreneur, musician and producer, known as the drummer, principal lead singer and last surviving member of the hugely successful pop/rock band "The Monkees", which originated from the classic sixties TV show of the same name, is 78 today. Andrea Parker, the attractive American film and television actress, who started her career in the world of entertainment as a professional dancer, a versatile performer with important roles on "ER", "The Pretender", "Less Than Perfect", "Desperate Housewives" and "Pretty Little Liars", is 53 today.

Tom Lehman, the consistent American professional golfer, a former number 1 ranked golfer (for a single week), who is the only professional player in history to be voted "Player of the Year" on all three tours operated by the PGA Tour, who won the Open Championship, his most important victory and his only major title, in 1996, is 64 today. Donna Murphy, the brilliant film, stage, television actress and singer, an exceptional stage actress who won two Tony Awards for her performances in Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" (1994) and "The King and I" (1996), probably best known for her role as District Attorney Morgan Graves on NBC's daytime television drama "Another World", and, most recently, as Mrs. Astor on "The Gilded Age", who was born in New York City, is 64 today.

María Branyas Morera, on the day of her birthday:

Alan Greenspan, the intelligent American economist and financial advisor, one of the most influential economic figures of his age, who served both Democratic and Republican governments, widely known for his long tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve, is 97 today. Ben Murphy, the athletic American actor, primarily a television actor, who started his acting career with an uncredited role in "The Graduate", known for his leading works in several popular television series, including "The Name of the Game", "Alias Smith and Jones" (his greatest success), "Griff", "Gemini Man", "The Chisholms", "Lottery!", and "The Dirty Dozen", is 81 today.

Samantha Eggar, the renowned film, stage, television, and voice actress, who started her career on stage, who rose to fame for her performance of Miranda Grey, the object of Terence Stamp's desire, in William Wyler's claustrophobic thriller "The Collector" (1965), based on the best-selling novel by John Fowles, who was born in Hampstead, London, England, is 84 today. James B. Sikking, the excellent American actor, one of the most talented character actors of his generation, who began his acting career in the late 1950s, whose first uncredited film appearance was in the western "Five Guns West" (1955), probably most known for his work on "Hill Street Blues" and "Doogie Howser, M.D.", is 89 today.

Congratulations, @tracy! 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa / James L. Buckley 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / Marv Levy 1926 Gudrun Ure / Lawrence Turman 1927 Barbara Rush / Lee Montague 1928 Line Renaud / Zhu Rongji 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Alice Munro / Clarence Avant 1932 Elaine May / Joseph Zen

James Ellroy, the enormous American novelist, one of the most important and influential crime writers of our time, best known as the "Demon Dog of Crime Fiction", the rightful heir of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, the extraordinary author of such classics as "The Black Dahlia" and "L.A. Confidential", whose mother was brutally murdered by an unknown man when he was just 10 years old, is 75 today. Catherine O'Hara, the stupendous actress and comedian, who began her professional career in the 1970s, who made her big screen debut in 1980, probably best known for playing Kevin's mother in the box office hit "Home Alone" (1990), and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992), and as the hilarious Moira Rose on "Schitt's Creek", who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is 69 today.

Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese politician who began his political career in 1955, who was elected as a Diet member of the leftist wing of the Japan Socialist Party in 1972, and was the Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996, is 99 today. Miranda Richardson, the versatile film, stage and television actress, who began her acting career on stage and television, who made her big screen debut playing Ruth Ellis in Mike Newell's "Dance with a Stranger" (1985), whose film credits include "Empire of the Sun", "The Crying Game", "Tom & Viv", "Kansas City", "Sleepy Hollow", "The Hours", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Fred Claus", and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1", who was born in Southport, a large seaside town on the north-west coast of England, is 65 today.

John Irving, the famous American novelist and screenwriter, author of fourteen novels, whose first novel, "Setting Free the Bears", was published in 1968, whose fourth novel, "The World According to Garp", won the National Book Award in 1980, and winner of an Oscar for adapting his own book "The Cider House Rules", is 81 today. Gordon Thomson, the accomplished Canadian actor, who started his career on stage in the 1960s, a classically trained stage actor, best known for his roles as the charismatic, hateful and sexy Adam Carrington on "Dynasty", and Mason Capwell, he assumed the role from Terry Lester, on "Santa Barbara", is 78 today.

I was just joking, @TQR. My chances are few. Your team is very consistent and strong. It's not a surprise, especially considering what a great player you are.

Yes, @TQR. I'd like to play with @Gooseberry Crumble (this) one year, too.

Catherine Bach, the voluptuous American actress of German and Mexican descent who was a sex symbol in the late 1970s and 1980s, whose first big screen appearance was in "The Midnight Man" (1974), and widely known for her role as the stunning Daisy Duke in the popular television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", is 69 today. Harry Belafonte, the respected activist, actor, singer and songwriter, known as the "King of Calypso", a man of unshakeable principles who was one of Martin Luther King's confidants, whose recording career started in 1949 when he was 22, whose first notable film was "Carmen Jones" who was directed by Otto Preminger in 1954, and was born in Harlem, New York City, is 96 today.

@TQR. I'm ready, too. Your team will be extraordinary, and I am totally sure about that. I'm very pleased to play with you, I love to play with the best players. Good luck!

Frank Gehry, the famous and revolutionary architect, one of the most important architects of the contemporary era, whose successful architectural career spanning more than half a century, and was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is 94 today. Mercedes Ruehl, American film, stage and television actress, who began her notable acting career on stage, winner of the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Tony Award, whose film credits include "Big", "Married to the Mob", "Slaves of New York", "The Fisher King" (her Oscar), and "Lost in Yonkers", and whose television works include guest and recurring roles in numerous television series, is 75 today.