Celebrity anniversaries (births, deaths, marriage, & divorce)

Following on from the amazing William Shatner, today is the 85th birthday of Faye Dunaway.
Faye Dunaway said that her bipolar disorder was partially to blame for her notoriously bad behaviour on movie sets. Throughout my career, people know there were tough times,” the actress says stressing she doesn’t want to dismiss her behaviour.

On this day in 1957, Humphrey DeForest Bogart, nicknamed Bogie, popped his mortal coil. He was an American actor, his performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (Peter Finch,)was an English and Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia at the age of ten and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville and radio before becoming a star of Australian films. He passed away on this day in 1977, from a heart attack whilst in Los Angeles, California, shortly after filming Network, for which he posthumously won an Academy.
On January 14, 1954, actress Marilyn Monroe and New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio were married at San Francisco City Hall. Their high-profile marriage was short-lived, ending in divorce less than a year later due to "mental cruelty" and DiMaggio's controlling nature.

On this day, January 15th, 1559, saw the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the First.
Elizabeth the First, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey. Her long reign (44 years) became a defining era of English and British Imperial history, known as the Elizabethan Age.

On this day in 1893 British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) weds Carrie Balestier (29) at All Souls Church in Langham Place, London, England; writer. Henry James gave away the bride.

Back in 1969 British actress Audrey Hepburn (39) marries her second husband, Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti (30); They divorced in 1982.

Happy birthday Oliver Hardy, he of one half of Laurel & Hardy, born on this day in 1892. Laurel & Hardy never made laugh.
British born American actor, Cary Grant, born 1904. Then in 1911 Danny Kaye was born.
Happy birthday Kevin Costna, 71 today.

British singer/ songwriter, Robert Palmer born Jan 19,1949
Best known songs 'Addicted to Love,Simple Irresistable,Bad Case of Loving You'
died in 2003 of heart attack age 54
Actress Jean Stapleton born Jan 19,1923, best known TV role' Edith Bunker' on CBS sitcom' All In The Family' won 3 Emmy awards, died in 2013 age 90

Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue) comedian and coronet player. Born Jan 19, 1908, died June 5 1994.

Canadian director, Norman Jewison died 2024 age 97
some of movies he directed "In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck, Fiddler on The Roof, Justice for All'

On this day in 1905 fashion d,esigner Christian Dior was born. He died in 1957.
Actor Paul Scofield was born today in 1922, he passed in 2008.
Benny Hill was born in 1924. e died in 1994. A comedian, whom I could never watch.
1940 Jack Nicklaus, American golfer (18 major titles, 73 PGA Tour titles), born in Columbus, Ohio. 86 today.
Placido Domingo, classical singer, conductor and artistic director, 85 today.