December 9

December 9

Born on This Day

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  • Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners
  • Oscar-Winning Portrayals
  • Silver Foxes

  Judi Dench

  Actress / 1934 -

  Dame Judi Dench is an Academy Award-winning British actress. She won an Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love.

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  Judi Dench

  Born: December 9, 1934
  Age: 78 years old
  Birthplace: York, United Kingdom
  Occupation: Actress
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  • Rags to Riches
  • Honorary Oscar Recipients
  • Celebrity Golfers

  Kirk Douglas

  Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer / 1916 -

  Actor Kirk Douglas brought his formidable chin and talent to movies like Spartacus and The Bad and the Beautiful. You may also know him as the father of Michael Douglas.

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  Kirk Douglas

  1916 | 96 years old
  Film Actor, Theater Actor, ...

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  • Primetime Soap Stars
  • Famous Sagittarians
  • Famous Actresses

  Felicity Huffman

  Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1962 -

  Actress Felicity Huffman has worked on stage, film, and television. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lynette Scavo on the TV show Desperate Housewives.
  

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  Felicity Huffman

  1962 | 50 years old
  Film Actress, Theater Actress, ...

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  • Famous Sagittarians
  • Famous Actors
  • Famous Film Actors

  John Malkovich

  Film Actor / 1953 -

  John Malkovich is an award-winning actor who's known for his roles in films like Places in the Heart, Dangerous Liaisons and Being John Malkovich.

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  John Malkovich

  Born: December 9, 1953
  Age: 59 years old
  Birthplace: Christopher, Illinois, United States
  Occupation: Film Actor
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  • Black Comedians
  • Name Changers
  • TV Dads

  Redd Foxx

  Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian / 1922 - 1991

  Redd Foxx was the stage name of John Elroy Sanford, an American comedian and actor best known for his role in the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son.
  

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  Redd Foxx

  1922 | 68 years old
  Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian

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  • TV Dads
  • Famous Sagittarians
  • Famous Actors

  Dick Van Patten

  Television Actor / 1928 -

  Dick Van Patten is an actor who most TV viewers will remember as Tom Bradford, the father of the brood on Eight Is Enough.

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  Dick Van Patten

  1928 | 84 years old
  Television Actor

December 9

Died on This Day

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  • Daring Female Adventurers
  • Famous Academics
  • Famous Anthropologists

  Mary Leakey

  Anthropologist, Scientist / 1913 - 1996

  Mary Leakey was a paleoanthropologist who, along with husband Louis, made several prominent scientific discoveries. Skull fossils found by the Leakeys advanced our understanding of human evolution.

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  Mary Leakey

  Died: December 9, 1996
  Age: 83 years old
  Place: Nairobi , Kenya
  Occupation: Anthropologist, Scientist
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  • Nobel Peace Prize Winners
  • Famous Leos
  • Famous People Named Ralph

  Ralph Bunche

  Diplomat / 1904 - 1971

  Ralph Bunche was a U.S. diplomat, a key member of the United Nations for more than two decades, and the winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace.

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  Ralph Bunche

  1971 | 67 years old
  Diplomat

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  • Famous Virgoans
  • Famous People Named Edith
  • Famous Poets

  Edith Sitwell

  Poet / 1887 - 1964

  Dame Edith Sitwell was an English poet was famous for her formidable personality, Elizabethan dress, and eccentric opinions.

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  Edith Sitwell

  1964 | 77 years old
  Poet