Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 19, 2022 Former Glaswegian track cyclist Callum Skinner, who won a Gold team medal and individual silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, celebrates his 30th birthday today. Legendary American boxing promoter Don King celebrates his 91st birthday today. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,783 Posted August 20, 2022 Joan Allen, American film, stage and television actress known for films as "The Ice Storm", "Face/Off", "The Contender", "The Notebook" and "The Upside of Anger", among others, is 66 today. Ray Wise, American film and television actor probably best known for his role as Leland Palmer in "Twin Peaks" and the prequel film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", is 75 today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,271 Posted August 20, 2022 Fred Durst is 52. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,741 Posted August 20, 2022 David Walliams is 51 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,329 Posted August 20, 2022 George J. Mitchell is 89 today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,191 Posted August 20, 2022 The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) is 79 today, Ace (Sophie Aldred) is 60 today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 20, 2022 20 hours ago, MariNisia said: Joan Allen, American film, stage and television actress known for films as "The Ice Storm", "Face/Off", "The Contender", "The Notebook" and "The Upside of Anger", among others, is 66 today. Ray Wise, American film and television actor probably best known for his role as Leland Palmer in "Twin Peaks" and the prequel film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", is 75 today. Loved him in Twin Peaks- some of his scenes especially around the spirit Bob were unnervingly haunting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 20, 2022 American singer songwriter Jackie De Shannon, who wrote the fantastic Bette Davis Eyes song for Kim Carnes in the 1980s, celebrates turning 81 today. Mohammed Vl of Morocco, who has been the King of Morocco for just over 23 years since July 1999, turns 59 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,783 Posted August 21, 2022 Megan Montaner, Spanish film/television actress and former model who first made her name for her role as Pepa Aguirre in the popular Spanish soap opera "El Secreto de Puente Viejo" for 382 episodes, is 35 today. Peter Weir, the versatile Australian film director and screenwriter, one of the most talented filmmakers of his generation, with critically acclaimed and box office hit films, including "Gallipoli", "The Year of Living Dangerously", "Witness", "Dead Poets Society", "Green Card", "The Truman Show", "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" and "The Way Back", is 78 today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,271 Posted August 21, 2022 Bo Burnham is 32. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,191 Posted August 21, 2022 Happy birthday to me. and @Magere Hein (wherever he is). 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,329 Posted August 21, 2022 Usain Bolt is 36 today Robert Lewandowski is 34 today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 21, 2022 Liverpool born British Canadian actress Kim Cattrall, most famous for her role as Samantha in hit US TV series Sex and the city turns 66 today. Retired Rugby Union England International player Mike Weston celebrates his 84th birthday today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 21, 2022 Retired professional English snooker player Steve Davis celebrates his 65th birthday today. American television producer , director and writer David Chase who amongst other shows wrote and produced The Sopranos and Alfred Hitchcock presents, celebrates his 77th birthday today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,783 Posted August 22, 2022 E. Annie Proulx, American journalist, novelist and short story writer who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for her second novel "The Shipping News", is 87 today. Proulx is the author of the short story "Brokeback Mountain", which originally appeared in The New Yorker. Mats Wilander, the talented Swedish tennis player winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles and remembered for his efficiency from the baseline and his speed, is 58 today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,271 Posted August 22, 2022 Howie Dorough (of the Backstreet Boys) is 49. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,741 Posted August 22, 2022 Today would have been the birthday of six (!) DL alumni, five of them hits. 1902 - Leni Reifenstahl (11th death of 2003). 1904 - Deng Xiaoping (1st death of 1997). 1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (6th death of 2004). 1912/1917 - John Lee Hooker (died unpicked in 2001). 1920 - Ray Bradbury (5th death of 2012). 1925 - Honor Blackman (7th death of 2020). 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,741 Posted August 22, 2022 20 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said: French actress Micheline Presle turns 100 tomorrow. A lot of french articles as she is (as one article said) « a living legend of french cinema » Micheline Presle turns 100 today! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,329 Posted August 22, 2022 Dua Lipa is 27 today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 22, 2022 Debbi Peterson, musician and drummer with American pop rock band The Bangles, celebrates her 61st birthday today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,602 Posted August 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Debbi Peterson, musician and drummer with American pop rock band The Bangles, celebrates her 61st birthday today. There I was thinking it was just another Manic Monday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 22, 2022 12 minutes ago, Death Impends said: There I was thinking it was just another Manic Monday. I think a hazy shade of winter fairly soon is more likely though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 23, 2022 Golden era Hollywood actress Vera Miles, a particular deadpooling favourite of mine who continues to defy my predictions, celebrates her 93rd birthday today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,783 Posted August 23, 2022 20 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Golden era Hollywood actress Vera Miles, a particular deadpooling favourite of mine who continues to defy my predictions, celebrates her 93rd birthday today. Vera Miles... a hit for your future pools. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,254 Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, MariNisia said: Vera Miles... a hit for your future pools. Love your optimism! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
