Today is the 95th birthday of Peter Falk. He won Emmy Awards 28 years apart. I have often mentioned that, if left to my own
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Happy 119th Birthday Claudette Colbert
Today is the 119th birthday of the film actress Claudette Colbert. She starred opposite in one of Clark Gable in one of my very favorite films It
Happy 100th Birthday Yvonne DeCarlo
Today is the 100th birthday of Yvonne DeCarlo. Reinvention. I love it. There are risks and challenges, but also great rewards. One being the confusion of
Happy 102nd Birthday Maureen O’Hara
Today is the 102nd birthday of the Hollywood legend Maureen O’Hara. Her career spans sixty full years, very few people can claim that, let alone
Happy 150th Birthday William Desmond Taylor
Today is the 150th birthday of the film director and unsolved murder victim William Desmond Taylor. He is one of the most famous classic Hollywood
Happy 115th Birthday Irving Paul “Swifty” Lazar
Today is the 115th birthday of Swifty Lazar. I am a sucker for a person in a pair of gigantic glasses (think of Iris Apfel
Happy 111th Birthday Merle Oberon
Today is the 111th birthday of the actress Merle Oberon. Her beauty was undeniable, her heritage was unacceptable, her story is of what legends are
Happy 113th Birthday Carmen Miranda
Today is the 113th birthday of the woman with fruit on her head: Carmen Miranda. The next time you come across one of her films,
Happy 109th Birthday Victor Mature
Today is the 109th birthday of the movie actor Victor Mature. His fame and popularity rivaled any other male actor of the time. He starred
The Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel – Not So Secret Obsession
The Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments, formerly the Knickerbocker Hotel, is a senior home located at 1714 Ivar Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Built in 1925 by
Happy 118th Birthday Cary Grant
Today is Cary Grant’s 117th birthday. It is no secret I love Cary Grant. I long to have a mid-century mid-atlantic accent, to have effortless
Happy 111th Birthday Danny Kaye
Today is the 111th birthday of the actor Danny Kaye. You for sure have seen him in White Christmas and hopefully in The Secret Life
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