Today is the 110th birthday of the actress Lupe Vélez. Her life story is the sort that is couldn’t be made up. The world is a better
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Happy 158th Birthday Gustav Mahler
Today is the 158th birthday of the composer Gustav Mahler. His works seem to tap into people on a deeper level and draw upon something
Happy 128th Birthday Hedda Hopper
Today is the 128th birthday of Hollywood actress and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. There were some really great scenes of her in the Bette Davis/Joan
Happy 114th Birthday Salvador Dalí
Today is the 114th birthday of the artist Salvador Dali. My very favorite description of one of his pieces is that of the 1940 Painting “Daddy
Happy 71st Birthday Doug Henning
Today is the 71st birthday of the magician and friend of the Muppets Doug Henning. I loved his TV specials when I was a kid.
Happy 5th Birthday Scraps
View this post on Instagram Today is my birthday! A year and a half ago, I got adopted by my dads and my paperwork said
Happy 144th Birthday Guglielmo Marconi
Today is the 144th birthday of the inventor Guglielmo Marconi. If you are reading this, you can thank him for it. His work created the
Happy 88th Birthday Dick Sargent
Today is the 88th birthday of the second Darrin Stephens: Dick Sargent. He was part of my favorite show as a kid: Bewitched. It had
Happy 110th Birthday Bette Davis
Today is the 110th birthday of Bette Davis. You have seen All About Eve, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, and maybe even Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
Happy 129th Birthday Gerald Murphy
Today is the 129th birthday of one half of one of the most elegant couples of the Jazz-Age-Lost-Generation-Paris-in-the-1920s: Gerald Murphy. I think that I first ‘discovered’
Happy 46th Birthday Pedro Zamora
Today is the 46th birthday of the AIDS activist Pedro Zamora. Until researching and writing this profile, I had not completely realized that he was
Happy 94th Birthday Gloria Vanderbilt
Today is the 94th birthday of Gloria Vanderbilt. Heiress, fashion designer, artist, jet setter, and Anderson Cooper’s mother. Her life is huge, we can all
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