FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 1878 - Upton (Beall) Sinclair author & social/political reformer: see Upton Day [above]; died Nov 25, 1968 1898 - Chuck (Charles Walter) Dressen baseball: Cincinnati Reds, NY Giants; manager: Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, Milwaukee Braves, Detroit Tigers; coach: Brooklyn Dodgers, N.Y. Yankees, LA Dodgers; pro football player: Decatur Staleys, Racine Legion; died Aug 10, 1966 1899 - Elliott Nugent actor: Romance, The Unholy Three; director: Up in Arms, Welcome Stranger; died Aug 9, 1980 1908 - Zeke (Henry John) Bonura baseball: Chicago White Sox, Washington Nationals, NY Giants, Chicago Cubs; died Mar 9, 1987 1911 - Frank DeVol bandleader, songwriter: themes: The Brady Bunch, My Three Sons, The Love Boat; scores: The Dirty Dozen, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Pillow Talk [more than 50 films]; died Oct 27, 1999 1917 - Red (Arnold) Auerbach Basketball Hall of Famer: Boston Celtics coach: most NBA Championships [9] [1957 & 1959-1966] 1918 - Peg Phillips actress: Northern Exposure; died Nov 7, 2002 1924 - Gogi Grant (Audrey Brown) singer: The Wayward Wind, Suddenly There’s a Valley; dubbed vocals for Ann Blythe: The Helen Morgan Story 1927 - Johnny Dankworth musician: alto sax, band leader, composer: Experiments with Mice, African Waltz, What the Dickens, The Avengers theme song 1927 - Rachel Roberts actress: Murder on the Orient Express [1974], The Tony Randall Show, Circle of Children; died Nov 26, 1980 1928 - Donald A. Hall author: The Ox Cart Man, Lucy’s Christmas 1929 - Anne Meara comedienne: Stiller & Meara; actress: Fame, All in the Family, Rhoda, The Paul Lynde Show, The Corner Bar, Alf 1931 - Peter Palmer actor: Li’l Abner, Custer, Edward Scissorhands 1934 - Sophia Loren (Sofia Scicolone) Academy Award-winning actress: Two Women [1961]; Black Orchid, Marriage Italian Style, Desire Under the Elms, El Cid, Man of La Mancha, Grumpier Old Men, Brief Encounter 1935 - Jim Taylor Pro Football Hall of Famer: Green Bay Packers running back: Super Bowl I, II; AP NFL Player of the Year [1962]; New Orleans Saints 1937 - Tom (Thomas Michael) Tresh baseball: NY Yankees [Rookie of the Year: 1962/World Series: 1962, 1963, 1964/all-star: 1962, 1963], Detroit Tigers 1948 - Chuck Panozzo musician: bass: group: Styx: Lady, Suite Madame Blue, Come Sail Away, Miss America, Castle Walls, Superstars, Renegade, Babe, The Best of Times, Too Much Time on My Hands, Mr. Roboto 1948 - John Panozzo musician: drums: group: Styx: Lady, Suite Madame Blue, Come Sail Away, Miss America, Castle Walls, Superstars, Renegade, Babe, The Best of Times, Too Much Time on My Hands, Mr. Roboto; died July 16, 1996 1950 - Dave Twardzik basketball: Portland Trailblazers; GM: Golden State Warriors 1951 - Matt Blair football: Minnesota Vikings LB: Super Bowls IX, XI 1951 - Guy Lafleur Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Montreal Canadiens [Hart Memorial Trophy: 1977, 1978], NY Rangers, Quebec Nordiques 1954 - Brinke Stevens model, actress, scream queen: Necromancy, Emmanuelle 4, Girls of Penthouse, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, The Jigsaw Murders, Transylvania Twist, Acting on Impulse, Invisible Mom, Mommy II: Mommys Day, Victoria’s Shadow, The Vampire Hunters Club, Witchouse 3: Demon Fire, Slumber Party Massacre IV 1956 - Debbi Morgan actress: Boston Public, Roots: The Next Generations, The Jesse Owens Story, All My Children, General Hospital, Eve’s Bayou, Love & Basketball 1967 - Kristen Johnston actress: 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Orkly Kid, Backfire!, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Nobody Knows Anything
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