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Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor known for his performances in such films as On the Waterfront, The Big Knife, Oklahoma!, The Harder They Fall, Across the Bridge, The Pawnbroker,Doctor Zhivago, In the Heat of the Night, Waterloo, Duck, You Sucker!, and The Amityville Horror as well as the television programs Marty and Jesus of NazarethSteiger was born in Westhampton, New York, the son of Lorraine (née Driver) and Frederick Steiger,[1][2] of French,Scottish, and German descent.[3][4] Steiger was raised as a Lutheran.[3][5] He never knew his father, a vaudevillian who had been part of a traveling song-and-dance team with Steiger's mother (who subsequently left show business).[4].
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Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932,[1] is a multiple gold album American country music singer-songwriterwhose work spans more than 50 years. She has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music. Lynn is the daughter of coal miner Theodore Melvin "Ted" Webb (born October 24, 1906 – died February 23, 1959) and Clara Marie "Clary" Ramey (born May 5, 1912 – died November 24, 1981).[2] In January 1948, shortly before she turned 16, Loretta married Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn[3] (1926–1996). Their life together helped inspire the music she wrote.[4]
more....... Peter Edward "Pete" Rose (born April 14, 1941), also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989. Rose, a switch hitter, is the all-time Major League leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215), and outs (10,328).[1] He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, twoGold Gloves, the Rookie of the Year Award, and also made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five different positions (2B, LF, RF, 3B, & 1B). In August 1989, three years after he retired as an active player, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from baseballamidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters. In 2004, after years of public denial, Rose admitted to betting on baseball and on, but not against, the Reds.[2] The issue of Rose's possible reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame remains a contentious one throughout baseball. more....... |
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940)[1] is a British actress. A pop icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Christie's breakthrough film role was in Billy Liar (1963). In 1966, she won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1965 film Darling. That same year, she starred as Lara in Doctor Zhivago. In the following years, she starred in Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Petulia (1968), The Go-Between (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), for which she received her second Oscar nomination, Don't Look Now (1973), Shampoo (1975), andHeaven Can Wait (1978) From the early 1980s, Christie reduced her appearances in mainstream films. She has continued to receive significant critical recognition for her work, including Oscar nominations for the independent films Afterglow (1997) and Away from Her (2006). In 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship. more....... |
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