On This Day
Births
1929 Gerry Anderson (Died: 26 Dec 2012) Aged 83 |
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Gerry Anderson, MBE (born Gerald Alexander Abrahams) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist. He remains famous for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s productions filmed with "Supermarionation" (marionette puppets containing electric moving parts). |
1958 Peter Capaldi Age 60 |
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Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. |
1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar Age 41 |
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. Gellar received widespread recognition for her portrayal of Buffy Summers on the WB series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), which earned her five Teen Choice Awards, a Saturn Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. The character was widely popular during the airing of the show and became recognised as one of the greatest female characters in U.S. television |
1979 Noe Pamarot Age 39 |
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Louis Noé Pamarot, more commonly known as Noé Pamarot, is a French former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Before moving to Spain, Pamarot played for Portsmouth in the Premier League. Pamarot has previously played for Martigues, Nice and Tottenham Hotspur and also had a brief loan spell at Portsmouth in the 1999–2000 season Pamarot played 80 times for Portsmouth scoring 8 goals between 1999 – 2009 |
1994 Skyler Samuels Age 24 ![]() |
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Skyler Rose Samuels is an American actress and model, best known for her roles in the television series The Gates, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Scream Queens, and The Gifted. |
1996 Abigail Breslin Age 22 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Abigail Kathleen Breslin is an American actress and singer. She appeared in her first commercial when she was three years old, and in her first film, Signs (2002), at the age of five. Her other film roles include Raising Helen (2004), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, No Reservations (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Definitely, Maybe (2008), My Sister's Keeper (2009), Zombieland (2009), Rango (2011), and August: Osage County (2013). In September 2015, she began acting in the horror-comedy Scream Queens on Fox, in which she has her first regular role on a television series. |