Actress Brooke Shields was #BornOnThisDay May 31, 1965. A child/teenage & young adult model, she later gained critical acclaim for her film & TV roles. In 2005 Brooks spoke openly on her battles with postpartum #depression to education & support others in need. 59 yrs young #BOTD

Voice actor Mel Blanc was #BornOnThisDay May 30, 1908. 60 years + in films & TV animation providing the voices for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, & Yosemite Sam,+ numerous other voices. Passed in 1989 (age 81) coronary artery disease #RIP #BOTD

Remembering amazing character actor Hugh Griffith on his birthday, here in KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949). #bornonthisday TCM #TCMParty

Happy birthday Agnès Varda! #BornOnThisDay in 1928. Stills from her early short, Ô Saisons, Ô Châteaux 🌹 icarusfilms.com/if-osais

Actress Elaine Stewart was #BornOnThisDay , May 31, 1930. Remembered for her film role in The Bad & the Beautiful (1952) & for The Tattered Dress (1957) & for 2 1970's game shows, Gambit & the nighttime edition of High Rollers. Stewart passed in 2011 (age 81) #RIP #BOTD #birthday

'In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don’t want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.” — Agnès Varda #BornOnThisDay

(Also, we're showing THE GLEANERS AND I July 16: bit.ly/VardaGleaners)

Singer/actress Vicki Sue Robinson was #BornOnThisDay May 31, 1954. Remembered for her 1976 hit 'Turn the Beat Around' which captured the dance era during the late 1970s & later sang for Maybelline Cosmetics TV commercials. Passed in 2000 (age 45) #cancer #RIP #GoneTooSoon #BOTD

Actor Clint Walker 6 ft 6 inches was #BornOnThisDay May 30, 1927. A Merchant Marine, a doorman, a sheet metal worker & a nightclub bouncer, he was later discovered for TV & films. Remembered for TV's Cheyenne (1955-'63). Passed in 2018 (age 90) from #heartfailure #RIP #hunk #BOTD

One of my favourite composers, Isaac Albeniz was born this day in 1860. Here is part of his romantic tango in D - a gentle tango in the style of Spanish salon music, rather than the more familiar and fiery Argentinian tango.
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Actress Barbara Pepper was #BornOnThisDay May 31, 1915. A glamor girl in films 1930s-'40s & a friend of Lucille Ball, she later was often on TV in comic roles from the 1950s & 1960s. Battling obesity & #alcoholism she passed in 1969 (age 54) #heartattack #RIP #GoneTooSoon #BOTD

Sharing the same birthday, today we remember two of horror's finest and influential stars! #BornOnThisDay #BOTD

Christopher Lee [1922]
Vincent Price [1911]

What film are you watching in their honour tonight?

Actor Stepin Fetchit was #BornOnThisDay May 30, 1902. Remembered as one of the 1st black actors to have a major film career but with strong criticism for echoing negative stereotypes, he is also praised today for opening doors for other black actors. Passed in 1985 (age 83) #RIP

Actress Madge Blake was #BornOnThisDay , May 31, 1899. After leaving a Top Secret government job (working on the Atom bomb) at age 50 went on to acting. Remembered as 'Aunt Harriet' in TV's Batman series (1966-'68). Passed in 1969 (age 69) from #heartattack #RIP #GoneTooSoon #BOTD

Actor Vincent Price was #BornOnThisDay May 27, 1911. Remembered for his roles in #horror films, #filmnoir , drama & comedy- appearing on stage, TV, radio & in more than 100 films + narration in Michael Jackson's song 'Thriller' video. Passed in 1993 (age 82) from #lungcancer #RIP

Peter Cushing pottering about. #BornOnThisDay

#Photography
and #Photographers
#BornOnThisDay Agnes Varda
Not only movies...
French photographer, filmmaker, and installation artist

Jean Moreau, Avignon, 1948
Sel, Sete, 1954
Rome, Italy, 1963
Harrison Ford, Los Angeles, 1968

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'Without Napoleon I, I would be selling oranges in the streets of Ajaccio.'

Salammbô (1890)

Mathilde Bonaparte ✍️🎨 ( #BornOnThisDay in 1820)

#Art #Art eYArt #Art Lovers Alberto Petroccione Diana☀️ Rocío Blay Rita Hunter 🇻🇪Cristób@l R@ngel 🏌️‍♂️⛳ Yiannis Einstein-Ιωάννης Αρβανιτάκης

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Wishing a happy 60th birthday to acclaimed guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and political activist TOM MORELLO
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#TomMorello #Music #Birthday #OnThisDay #BornOnThisDay #OTD #Today #HappyBirthday #RageAgainstTheMachine #Audioslave #Rock #Music History