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Happy Birthday, Margaret O’Brien!

Happy Birthday, Margaret O’Brien!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 15th 2023

At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the motion picture studio where she was employed, child star Margaret O’Brien and her fellow MGM st
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Happy Birthday, Ray Bolger!

Happy Birthday, Ray Bolger!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 10th 2023

Of the artist born Raymond Wallace Bolger on this date in 1904 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, authors Ephraim Katz and Ronald
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Happy Anniversary, George & Gracie!

Happy Anniversary, George & Gracie!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 7th 2023

By 1922, entertainer George Burns was a vaudeville “veteran.” He knew enough about show business to understand what would w
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Happy Birthday, Cliff Arquette!

Happy Birthday, Cliff Arquette!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 28th 2022

From 1957 until his passing in 1974, Clifford Charles Arquette—born in Toledo, Ohio on this date in 1905—rarely appeared in
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Happy Birthday, Anton M. Leader!

Happy Birthday, Anton M. Leader!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 23rd 2022

Although he was born Anton Morris Leader in Boston, Massachusetts on this date in 1913, Mr. Leader was always informally kno
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