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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Marian Seldes

Courtesy of Wikipedia Marian Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967. She received subsequent nominations for Father’s Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father’s Day. Her […]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Andrew Garfield

Courtesy of Wikipedia Andrew Garfield (August 20, 1983) is an English and American actor. His accolades include a Tony Award, a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Time he included Garfield on its list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Click here to read more

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Kyra Sedgwick

Courtesy of Wikipedia Kyra Sedgwick (August 19, 1965) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama The Closer (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. She also starred in the 1992 TV film Miss Rose White, which won

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Andy Samberg

Courtesy of Wikipedia Andy Samberg (August 18, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, and musician. He is a member of the comedy music group the Lonely Island with Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Samberg was also a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012, where he and his fellow group members are credited with popularizing the SNL Digital

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Debra Messing

Courtesy of Wikipedia Debra Messing (August 15, 1968) is an American actress. After graduating from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Messing starred in the television series, Ned and Stacey on Fox (1995–1997), and Prey on ABC (1998). She achieved her breakthrough role as Grace Adler, an interior designer, on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received seven Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Mila Kunis

Courtesy of Wikipedia Mila Kunis (August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and raised in Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series That ’70s Show (1998–2006) at age 15. She has voiced Meg Griffin on the Fox animated series Family Guy since 1999. Kunis’s breakout film role was in the 2008 romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.  She

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Rosanna Arquette

Courtesy of Wikipedia Rosanna Arquette (August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner’s Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Her other film roles include After Hours (also 1985), The Big Blue (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Crash (1996). She also directed

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Michael Kors

Courtesy of Wikipedia Michael Kors (August 9, 1959) is an American fashion designer. He is the chief creative officer of his brand, Michael Kors, which sells men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewelry, footwear, and fragrance. Kors was the first women’s ready-to-wear designer for the French house Celine, from 1997 to 2003. On January 2, 2019, Michael

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Maggie Wheeler

Courtesy of Wikipedia Maggie Wheeler (August 7) is an American actress. She is best known as Janice on the television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), and Anita on Ellen (1994–1996). In addition to her acting and voiceover work, she is a singer, songwriter, choir director, and workshop facilitator. Wheeler is the daughter of Barbara, a writer, and John Jakobson, who began

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Soleil Moon Frye

Courtesy of Wikipedia Soleil Moon Frye (August 6, 1976) is an American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. She began her career as a child actress at the age of two. When she was seven, Frye won the role of Penelope “Punky” Brewster in the NBC sitcom Punky Brewster. The series debuted in September 1984 and earned consistently low ratings,

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Richard Belzer

Courtesy of Wikipedia Richard Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was an American actor, comedian, and author. He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/sergeant, and investigator John Munch, whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unitand several guest

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Karlie Kloss

Courtesy of Wikipedia Karlie Kloss (August 3, 1992) is an American fashion model. She was a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 2013 until 2015, when she resigned to study at New York University. By 2019, Kloss had appeared on 40 international Vogue covers. Apart from modeling, Kloss has an interest in technology. She founded the “Kode with Klossy” camp to get young

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