Today's Birthdays – April 29, 2011

1818 Alexander II [N Romanov] Tsar of Russia (1855-81) 1860 Lorado Taft US, sculptor (Black Hawk) 1879 Sir Thomas Beecham England, composer, founded London Philharmonic 1899 Duke [Edward Kennedy] Ellington Washington DC, bandleader (Take the A Train, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)) 1907 Fred Zinnemann Vienna Austria, movie director (From Here to Eternity, Day of the Jackal, Julia) 1923 Maxine Audley London, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards) 1936 April Stevens Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple) 1936 Lane Smith Memphis TN, actor (Perry-Lois & Clark, Chiefs, Nathan-V) 1943 Duane Allen Taylortown TX, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) 1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell [Montgomery] singer (Ain’t No Mountain High Enough) 1945 Richard Warwick actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If) 1947 Tommy James singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver) 1949 Susan Pratt actress (Barbara Montgomery-All My Children, Claire Ramsey-Guiding Light) 1951 [Ralph] Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis NC, NASCAR driver/”The Intimidator” 1952 Nora Dunn Chicago IL, comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Miami Blues, Working Girl) 1955 Kate Mulgrew Dubuque IA, actress (Captain Janeway-Star Trek Voyager, Heartbeat, Kate Loves a Mystery) 1955 Jerry Seinfeld comedian/actor (Seinfeld) 1958 Eve Plumb Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I’m Gonna Get You Sucka) 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer Santa Ana CA, actress (What Lies Beneath, Up Close & Personal, Ladyhawke, Married to the Mob, Grease 2) 1958 Daniel Day-Lewis England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot) 1968 Carnie Wilson Los Angeles CA, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On) 1970 Uma Thurman Boston MA, actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction)]]]]> ]]>