Today Francis Ford Coppola is 80, and Michael Almereyda is 60. Today is also the birthday of Russell Crowe, Jackie Chan, Eric Wareheim, Roberta Shore, Kevin Alejandro, Clarke Peters, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Heather Burns, Patricia Belcher, Jennifer Lynch, Matt Servitto, Ted Kotcheff, Sandy Powell, and the late Billie Holiday, James Garner, Alan J. Pakula, David Frost, Andrew Sachs, Wayne Rogers, Ian Richardson, William Wordsworth, R.G. Armstrong, Anthony Caruso, Stanley Adams, Stan Winston, Ravi Shankar, and Walter Winchell. Walter Huston died 69 years ago in 1950 at age 67. Beatrice Straight died eighteen years ago in 2001 at age 86. Barry Nelson died twelve years ago in 2007 at age 89. Mike Wallace died seven years ago in 2012 at age 93.
Winchell's Film Column 