MariNisia 4,204 Posted February 28, 2023 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. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,762 Posted February 28, 2023 Mario Andretti is 83. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 958 Posted February 28, 2023 Two of the greatest ever goalkeepers celebrate their birthdays today. Dino Zoff, who played for Napoli and Juventus and won 112 caps for Italy reaching the pinnacle of his career at the age of 40 when he captained Italy to victory in the 1982 World Cup, is 81 today Sepp Maier the legendary Bayern Munich keeper who played well over 500 games for them from 1962 to 1980 including 3 consecutive European Cups in the 70s and was part of the dominant West German team who won the European Championship in 1972 and the World Cup in 1974 is 79 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted February 28, 2023 British chef and television presenter Ainsley Harriot celebrates his 66th birthday today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,204 Posted March 1, 2023 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. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,762 Posted March 1, 2023 Nik Kershaw is 65. (speed the video to 1.25x and you'll get the Gigi D'Agostino version) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 958 Posted March 1, 2023 Roger Daltrey, the legendary singer and frontman of The Who is 79 today Dirk Benedict who seemed to get typecast as a Lieutenant playing Lt Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica and Lt Templeton 'Faceman' Peck in The A Team is 78 today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted March 1, 2023 Oscar winning American film director Ron Howard turns 69 today. He directed films such as Cocoon, Frost/Nixon, A Beautiful mind and The Grinch as well as starring in popular tv series Happy Days in his younger acting days. American actor Jensen Ackles, best known for starring in long running popular TV shows Supernatural and Smallville, celebrates turning 45 today. American television journalist and host on CNN News channel Don Lemon, celebrates his 57th birthday today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted March 1, 2023 Justin Bieber is 29 today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,204 Posted March 2, 2023 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. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,762 Posted March 2, 2023 Jon Bon Jovi is 61. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,626 Posted March 2, 2023 British comedy actor and writer George Layton is 80 today. After a few minor supporting roles his bigbreak came when he was cast as Doctor Paul Collier in 1969's Doctor in the House, a role he reprised in subsequent 'Doctor' series, '...at Large', '...in Charge' and '...at the Top' (he'd also had small a role in that other 'Doctor' programme, as technician Penn). He also began writing for the 'Doctor...' series and other writing credits included My Brother's Keeper, Nearest & Dearest, Executive Stress and Don't Wait Up. He continued in acting, with a starring role as Bombardier Solly Solomons, in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum. before leaving at the end of the second season. He had two guest appearances in The Sweeney and a recurring role in Minder (which he says he lost because he took a break to appear in panto), and was one of the original hosts of That's Life. Other works include voiceover & narration for cartoons, TV commercials (Sydney of The Tetley Tea-folk) stage acting & directing and author of childrens books. Another It Ain't Half Hot Mum alumnus, Stuart McGugan, is exactly one year younger. IAHHM was his big break, playing concert-party strongman Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh - made to appear bigger by positioning him in close proximity to Don Estelle and Melvyn Hayes. Alongside his IAHHM appearances he was also a presenter on children's TV series Play School, from which he was nearly fired for drop-kicking Humpty over the set. Another major role was as Bomba MacAteer in the drama Tutti Frutti (alongside Robbie Coltrane & Emma Thompson) and then a regular role alongside Robert Carlyle in Hamish Macbeth. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted March 2, 2023 Australian professional diver and Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham, celebrates his 35th birthday today. American musician Jay Osmond, a member of the famous musical family The Osmonds and formerly the drummer in the family band , celebrates his 68th birthday today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted March 2, 2023 Daniel Craig is 55 today. Harry Redknapp is 76 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,204 Posted March 3, 2023 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. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,762 Posted March 3, 2023 Jayson Tatum is 25. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 958 Posted March 3, 2023 Laura Harring the Mexican-American actress who was fantastic in one of my all time favourite films, Mulholland Drive, is 59 today Brian Cox the multi talented musician, physicist and TV presenter is 55 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted March 3, 2023 British actress Alison King, best known for playing Carla on Coronation Street, celebrates her 50th birthday today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted March 3, 2023 Ion Iliescu is 93 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,204 Posted March 4, 2023 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. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,762 Posted March 4, 2023 Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest living validated person, is 116. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted March 4, 2023 American musician Jason Newsted, who was previously the bassist with group Metallica, celebrates his 60th birthday today. American film director Len Wiseman, best known for his Underworld series of cult films, celebrates his 50th birthday today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted March 4, 2023 François Fillon is 69 today. Alpha Condé is 85 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,204 Posted March 5, 2023 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. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,762 Posted March 5, 2023 Penn Jillette is 68. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
